October 7, 2016 Dietary saturated fat linked to aggressive prostate cancer Men with prostate cancer may be more likely to have the most serious form of the disease if their diet contains a lot of fat from meat and dairy, a recent U.S. study suggests.
October 7, 2016 Ben Stiller's prostate cancer: Do all guys need a PSA test? Actor Ben Stiller is crediting a prostate cancer screening test for saving his life, revealing today that he was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer two years ago.
October 4, 2016 Ben Stiller reveals prostate cancer diagnosis Ben Stiller announced on Tuesday, during an interview on the Howard Stern Show, that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago when he was 48.
September 30, 2016 Doctors don't communicate well about terminally ill patients Cancer specialists and primary care physicians are not communicating very well about the end-of-life concerns of the patients they share - and according to one new study, they often rely on those patients to convey information back and forth.
September 27, 2016 Cancer patients may be overly optimistic about early drug trial participation People with cancer may overestimate the possible benefits to them of participating in an early trial of a new medicine, even after talking with a doctor about what to expect, according to a new study from the U.K. So-called phase 1 trials of experimental treatments are intended to test the drug's safety.
September 22, 2016 Vasectomies not linked to increased prostate cancer risk Having a vasectomy doesn't increase a man's risk of developing prostate cancer or dying from it, a U.S. study suggests.
September 19, 2016 Cancer-risk genetic testing reports can vary from lab to lab Testing for gene mutations linked to cancer risk may guide how a patient is treated, but the determination of whether a mutation is dangerous or benign can vary from lab to lab, according to a recent study.
September 15, 2016 Too soon to tell if 9/11 firefighters face increased cancer risk, study says Fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, the jury is still out on whether firefighters who worked at the World Trade Center site have increased odds of developing cancer, a U.S. study suggests.
September 15, 2016 Treat or monitor early prostate cancer? 10-year survival is the same, study says Men with early prostate cancer who choose to closely monitor their disease are just as likely to survive at least 10 years as those who have surgery or radiation, finds a major study that directly tested and compared these options.
August 23, 2016 Pfizer boosts cancer drug roster with $14B Medivation deal Pfizer Inc, beating out numerous other bidders, said it would buy U.S. cancer drug company Medivation Inc for $14 billion in cash, adding its blockbuster prostate cancer drug Xtandi to the company's growing oncology roster.
