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 ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Don't fear the finger! That's the message from Urology of Virginia concerning physical exams for prostate cancer, also known as digital rectal exams. That's what first alerted me ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among U.S. men, behind only lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. An estimated 300,000 men will be diagnosed with ...

The diagnosis of late-stage prostate cancer has reached an all-time high, according to figures from the male cancer charity Orchid. Their research found 42.5% of British men diagnosed with the disease ...

Even kings have prostate problems. King Charles III was admitted on Friday to The London Clinic, a private hospital, where he underwent a scheduled procedure due to an enlarged prostate, Buckingham ...

Sir Chris Hoy’s stage-four diagnosis has put prostate cancer under the spotlight among cyclists. Cycling Weekly tackles the confusion around risk factors and screening ...

Piers Morgan wants people to realise "not all pricks are unbearable" with his new campaign encouraging prostate cancer checks ...

“The general population’s risk goes up from the age of 50, but if you are one of the men at higher risk of prostate cancer – either because you are a black man, or because you have close relatives who ...

Add on top of that the complications of prostate cancer in particular − which can include the loss of sexual function − and you have an illness that's especially difficult for men to admit they have, ...

Dr Laniardo said: "The prostate is a small, walnut-sized gland found only in men. It sits just below the bladder and surrounds the urethra (the tube that carries urine and semen out of the body)." If ...