A five-year study on men that had just the cancerous portion of their prostate glands destroyed shows that the procedure averted cancer recurrence in most patients while preserving urinary and sexual ...

The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...

Study results are based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data for 166,581 patients receiving surgery or radiation for localized prostate cancer.

The doctor calls it a "huge leap for health care." A patient who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a ...

Source: Getty Images To date, there is a lack of high-quality data comparing focal therapies to prostate cancer surgery or radiation. Focal therapy is emerging as a standard management strategy for ...