I n a statement from his personal office on May 18, former President Joe Biden revealed he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. “While this re

Dr. Kelly Stratton answered the most frequently asked questions in prostate cancer regarding localized prostate cancer care, including surgery and focal therapy.

Dr. Robin Bhavsar, a urologist at St. Joseph Health in Bryan, told KBTX Black men have a particularly high risk of contracting the disease, white men are at an average risk, and Hispanic and Asian men are considered the lowest risk.

Prostate cancer occurs in the prostate gland which regulates hormone levels in men. If the cancer is aggressive and spreads throughout the body it can be deadly. Dr. Read said men must be vigilant about their screening and treatment in their older age.

Following former President Joe Biden's diagnosis with metastatic prostate cancer, news coverage has focused on his lack of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening over the past decade.

chemotherapy and immunotherapy among other treatment options, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Men with earlier stages of prostate cancer can opt for "active surveillance." A 2023 study found ...

According to Dr. Carson Wong, a Urologist at Marietta Memorial Hospital, the disease is a type of cancer that grows on the prostate gland.