Prostate cancer and the PSA test: It's hard to understand risk

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released new guidelines for prostate cancer screening — urging doctors not to use the popular PSA test to detect the disease.

Relief of urinary symptoms is an underappreciated benefit of early stage prostate cancer treatment

( Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ) Treatment of early stage prostate cancer can also result in improved quality of life for a subgroup of men who suffer from lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), according to an abstract of a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-led study presented to the American Urological Association.