Drugmaker Novartis’ Super Bowl ad explained that prostate cancer screening starts with a simple blood test, aiming to dispel ...

When our writer was experiencing some troubling symptoms, the doctor sent him for a digital rectal exam. The damaging preconceptions around it, he learned, are far removed from the reality To cut to ...

Almost half of men falsely believe they need invasive tests to check for prostate cancer, cancer awareness campaigners in the UK say. A rectal exam – during which a doctor or nurse will check inside a ...

Science is not shy about ambiguity, never more so than when it comes to medical advice. So here’s the latest recommendation on prostate-cancer screening: Men should continue to have both a manual ...

In 2010, 217, 730 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in the United States, and prostate cancer is now the second deadliest cancer for men over the age of 40. Early detection reduces the death ...

Prostate cancer is now the second deadliest cancer for men over the age of 40. Early detection reduces the death rate for prostate cancer and offers multiple treatment options. The American Urological ...