(NC)-Being diagnosed with prostate cancer is bad enough. Having to go for radiation treatment every day for eight weeks makes it even worse. Dr. Charles Catton of Toronto’s Princess Margaret Hospital wants to make life easier for men with prostate cancer by cutting the length of radiation treatments in half - from eight weeks to [...]

(NC)-Prostate cancer is far easier to diagnose today than it used to be, thanks to a simple blood test, the protein-specific antigen (PSA) test. The problem is, it’s too easy. The PSA test is so sensitive, it can pick up even the slightest hint of cancerous cells, many of which may never develop into clinically [...]

(NC)-National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week is September 16-22. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men.
. In 2007, an estimated 22,300 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 4,300 will die of it.
. One in eight men will develop prostate cancer in his lifetime, mostly after age 60. One in 27 will [...]

(NC)-September 16-22 is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Signs of prostate cancer include:
. Frequent urination, especially at night
. Intense need to urinate
. Difficulty in starting or stopping urine flow
. Inability to urinate
. Weak, decreased or interrupted urine stream
. A sense of incompletely emptying the bladder
. Burning or pain during urination
. Blood in the urine or [...]