This article reports that according to a study coordinated by the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, men aged 75 and over with prostate cancer appear to receive ...
Prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer in the U.S., exceeded only bybreast cancer. About one-eighth of U.S. men are diagnosed withprostate cancerat a median age of 67, according to the National Cancer Institute. Most patients have slow-growing, localized tumors, confined to thep...
Age is a big one, as prostate cancer is more prevalent in older men, which is why testing is encouraged as men age. For reasons that are unclear, Black men also have a greater risk compared to other races or ethnicities. Being at a higher weight as...
lder men’s health? Prostate cancer support groups, health literacy and consumerism: Are community-based volunteers re-defining older men’s health?Prostate cancer support groups, health literacy and consumerism: Are community-based volunteers re-defining older men’s health?doi:10.1177/1363459310364156...
Prostate cancer is an illness with a high incidence, especially among older men. The choice of a treatment option among men above 75 years is, however, not... R Soumarova,L Homola,H Perkova - 《Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy Journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznań &...
PD12-05 DEFINING THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF OVERTREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER IN OLDER MENIntroduction: Prostate specific antigen use in prostate cancer screening has undergone significant changes since the 2012 release of the USPSTF (United States Preventive Services Task Force) guideline statement. The...
Some men with advanced prostate cancer live a normal life and die of another cause, such as heart disease. What Causes Prostate Cancer? Prostate cancer affects mainly older men. About 80% of cases are in men over 65, and less than 1% of cases are in men under 50. African American men...
Prostate cancer is the most common solid cancer in men, with the majority of cases diagnosed by screening. It is predominately a disease of older men and the burden of disease is expected to increase with an aging population. Disease is often indolent and many patients die with, rather than...
Prostate adenocarcinoma is predominantly a disease of older men. Males younger than 50 years account for 1% of all patients with prostate cancer. The authors retrospectively examined cases of prostate adenocarcinoma in patients younger than 50 years of age to determine the natural history and ...
Prostate cancer, disease characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells within the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is a frequently diagnosed cancer among males. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of prostate cancer.