Victor Murray has always been proactive about his health. That’s why he never misses his annual physical — and also the reason he wanted to know all of his options when a recent exam revealed an ...

A transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) of the prostate may also be called a prostate sonogram or endorectal ultrasound. A doctor usually performs a TRUS to help diagnose prostate cancer or detect prostate ...

ATLANTA — Piedmont Atlanta Hospital is now the first in Georgia to change the way doctors diagnose prostate cancer. Thanks to a generous donation by one of their board members, the hospital just ...

One in eight men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime. Surgery to treat the disease can lead to unwelcome side effects. A minimally invasive alternative that avoids surgery is now available ...

When Gunnison resident Les Lisowski learned he had prostate cancer, his doctor gave him five options for treatment. He and his wife, Sharie, started making a pros and cons list. Lisowski, 56 at the ...

In recent years, a new treatment strategy known as focal therapy (partial gland ablation) has emerged for prostate cancer considered to be “intermediate risk” — mostly, small tumors confined to one ...

A prostate ultrasound, sometimes called prostate sonography, is a test that produces black-and-white images of your prostate by bouncing sound waves off your body’s tissues. This test is used to ...

Image: Ultrasound is used to image regions of the body, and could help guide radiotherapy treatment. Credit Jan Chlebik, The ICR A computer algorithm which helps radiographers interpret ultrasound ...

A new type of ultrasound scan can diagnose most cases of prostate cancer, according to trial results published in Lancet Oncology. The study is the first to show that multiparametric ultrasound (mpUSS ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new machine-learning framework enabled researchers to assess prostate cancer ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in men in the U.S. The American Cancer Society estimates there were 192,000 new cases last year ...