Prostate News

Treatment may damage sperm

The radioactive seeds used in brachytherapy (internal radiotherapy) for early prostate cancer may damage the DNA in a man's sperm, a small study finds.

Proton therapy treats prostate

Proton therapy, a type of external beam radiation therapy, is a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer, according to two new studies published in the Red Journal.

Tutu recovering after surgery

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is doing well after undergoing surgery last week, said the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre.

Regret after prostate therapy

Men with heart problems are more likely to regret prostate cancer treatment than others, according to a recent study.

Prostate cancer undertreated

According to a new study, men over 75 with prostate cancer who are otherwise healthy are being undertreated for their condition.

Impotency, prostate treatment

A new tool can help doctors estimate the risk of impotency for men deciding among various prostate cancer treatments, researchers said.

Obesity in men ups prostate cancer

Obesity is linked not only to more aggressive prostate cancer, but also to larger tumours, Italian researchers report.

5 genes tied to prostate cancer

In what may be a diagnostic advance, U.S. and Swedish researchers have linked five inherited genetic mutations to the development of a particularly aggressive and deadly form of prostate cancer.

Prostate surgery make some men leak

Incontinence during sex is a long-lasting problem for roughly one in eight men who've had a prostatectomy, a study shows.

Life after prostate surgery hard

Most men who undergo surgery to treat prostate cancer find themselves with greater incontinence problems and less sexual function than they had anticipated, according to a poll.