Is Active Surveillance the Right Course For Men with Prostate Cancer?
Prostate Cancer

Is Active Surveillance the Right Course For Men with Prostate Cancer?

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing of middle-age men to screen for prostate cancer has led to more cases being detected at an early stage.  The common occurrence of prostate cancer indicates that many of these men will die with prostate cancer rather than of the disease. “We recognize that anywhere from 30 to 50 percent of…

Chinese Herbal Medicine for Chronic Prostatitis Gets WHO OK
Prostatitis

Chinese Herbal Medicine for Chronic Prostatitis Gets WHO OK

For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has given its approval for the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine by including the remedies in its latest (11th) version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). By making that move, it has opened the door for countless numbers of conditions…

Is Surgery Better Than Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer

Is Surgery Better Than Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer

A new study out of South Korea has shown that surgery is better than hormone therapy when treating prostate cancer. In this comparison of surgery and hormone therapy, the researchers found that men who underwent prostatectomy had a higher survival rate than those who had hormone or androgen deprivation therapy. Treatment options for prostate cancer…

Breakthrough Prostate Cancer Treatment Most Promising in 15 Years
Prostate Cancer

Breakthrough Prostate Cancer Treatment Most Promising in 15 Years

Researchers in the United Kingdom have announced what they believe is the most promising new treatment for prostate cancer in 15 years. Known as PSMA (prostate specific membrane antigen) radiotherapy, it could extend the lives of many men who are living with advanced prostate cancer who have run out of treatment options. This “game changing”…