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FG Trade/E+/Getty Images Health advocates are urging Black men to consider prostate cancer screenings as data from the American Cancer Society shows they are more than twice as likely to die from the disease than White men. CNN — Nate Battle said he had avoided doctor’s visits for most of his life until 2014, when […]
Rates of America’s second-deadliest cancer in men are on the rise—and they’ve been building exponentially for almost a decade straight. Since 2014, U.S. diagnoses of prostate cancer—highly survivable if caught early—have risen 3% annually. Advanced-stage diagnoses have risen 5% year over year. Adding insult to injury, Black men are being diagnosed with late stages of […]
FG Trade/E+/Getty Images Health advocates are urging Black men to consider prostate cancer screenings as data from the American Cancer Society shows they are more than twice as likely to die from the disease than White men. CNN — Nate Battle said he had avoided doctor’s visits for most of his life until 2014, when […]
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King passed away on Jan. 22 after a “valiant battle with prostate cancer,” according to representatives from the King Center. The civil rights activist and attorney was 62 years old. Dexter was the chairman of […]
9 January 2024, 19:31 GMT Updated 19 minutes ago US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin suffered a urinary tract infection following surgery to treat a prostate cancer diagnosis, doctors have said. In a statement, doctors emphasised that cancer was caught early and said that his “prognosis is excellent”. Mr Austin, 70, faced criticism after it emerged […]
XTANDI becomes the first and only androgen receptor signaling inhibitor approved for use with or without a GnRH analog therapy* in nonmetastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer TOKYO and NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the companies […]
Image: DNA strand More equitable testing for prostate cancer risk is on the horizon, as researchers report findings from the largest and most genetically diverse study of prostate cancer genes ever conducted. The study, published in Nature Genetics, identified 187 new genetic variants linked to men’s risk of developing prostate cancer, including several that were […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced the bipartisan Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act, legislation that would require private health insurance plans to cover preventive prostate cancer screenings without imposing any cost sharing requirements for men who are at high risk of developing prostate cancer. […]
Scientists at City of Hope have identified a cell metabolism process found in men with diabetes and metastatic prostate cancer that could one day lead to improved testing and treatments for Black men with these diseases. The research was highlighted at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2023, a hybrid meeting held virtually and in […]