Cancer is still the most common cause of death for men in the US ages 60 to 79 and women ages 40 to 79. For all adults ...

Prostate cancer patients with metastatic disease and low-volume primary tumors appear to have a poor prognosis, according to ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

This weekend the news of former US president Joe Biden's diagnosis of advanced, aggressive prostate cancer sent shockwaves across the globe. The 82 year-old's disease was spotted after a 'small nodule ...

If a person has an “aggressive” prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 9, what does that mean? What’s the outlook when it comes to survival rate and prognosis? Every cancer survivor is unique, of ...

Dr. Kent Perry answers the question: 'Predicting Prognosis Of Prostate Cancer?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: What predicts the prognosis of your prostate cancer? Answer: The prognosis of prostate ...

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology has launched a randomized phase III clinical trial called RECIPROCAL (Alliance A032304) to explore whether doctors can optimize the timing of targeted ...

February 26, 2007 — A blood test for C-reactive protein (CRP), which is readily available and already used to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease, could be useful in predicting prognosis for men ...

Researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) were recently ...

Cancer survival in the U.S. has climbed to 70%, reflecting major advances in treatment, early detection and personalized care ...