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When a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, not only must he come to terms with it psychologically but he must make the difficult decision as to what treatment is best.

AHRQ Report: No Single Treatment For Prostate Cancer Proven Superior

Acute prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland that develops suddenly.

Newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients may consider surgery as a treatment for early stage, localized tumors.

Treatment options for prostate cancer include radiation therapy, surgery, hormone therapy and watchful waiting, depending on the individual patient and their condition.

From radiation to surgery and other treatments, the decision about which path to take is largely up to the patient.

The Movember movement is once again raising money and awareness for men's health, one moustache at a time. A successful launch in Toronto kicked off the 2009 campaign.

Once prostate cancer patients are in remission, there is always a chance their cancer will relapse. Researchers are studying who is at a higher risk.

A newly identified estrogen receptor (ER-beta) is found in prostate cancer cells. Anti-estrogen drugs act via the inflammatory transcription factor NFkappaB.

Prostate cancer has specific symptoms and men should get examined on a regular basis once they turn 40, because over 28,000 men will die from prostate cancer this year.

Two recent studies from Europe and the US have not provided unequivocal evidence about whether prostate cancer screening helps - but the fault may be in the study designs

The anxiety and stress associated with a diagnosis of prostate cancer requires appropriate psychological therapy.

Here are key starter questions to help newly-diagnosed patients with prostate cancer understand treatment options, potential side effects and long-term survivability.

Viruses are notorious for killing healthy cells creating havoc in healthy individuals. Can the same viruses be tamed to destroy cancer cells and treat cancer?

Oncologist Dr. T Simoncini discovered cancer treatments with antifungal medicine. The most powerful antifungal is both inexpensive and unpatentable - sodium bicarbonate.

Three men with advanced prostate cancer have been treated with an immune drug called ipilimumab and have shown a "startling" response.

IGRT delivers high-dose radiation to targeted areas in the prostate, minimizing radiation exposure to healthy surrounding tissue

For those with advanced or complicated tumors, cancer treatment centers sometimes provide more effective therapy than standard treatment.

Prostate cancer is a concern among men past middle age. A physician takes multiple steps to handle this common male malignancy.

By age 80, up to 80% of American men have prostate cancer - but later in life, it poses less of a threat than in earlier years

The conquest of prostate cancer often means the advent of erectile dysfunction (ED) - -sexual impotence. The good news is that sexual function can be restored.

Prostate cancer is extremely common and in order to have a positive outcome, men should always be aware of the signs and symptoms.

Studies show more than 90 percent of patients with cancer may experience an increase in the blood's clotting activity, which can lead to a Deep Vein Thrombosis, or DVT.