Routine use of MRI during active surveillance of men with prostate cancer allows patients to skip digital rectal examinations and some biopsies, and this approach is best practice, according to an ...

A Review of Patient-Reported Outcome Considerations in Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Meetings (2016-2021) Using a 20% sample of national Medicare data, we identified beneficiaries diagnosed with ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidance on Monday clarifying that hospitals must obtain written consent for sensitive exams, such as pelvic, breast or prostate exams – ...

(NEWSER) – Let's face it, the medical standard for diagnosing the second most common cancer in men is rather, well, unrefined: a doctor inserts his or her index finger into the anus and feels around ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Imagine being unconscious for a surgery or undergoing a procedure and, without your consent, a doctor-in-training practices an intimate exam using your body. Pelvic and prostate ...

HARRISBURG (KDKA) - State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Pennsylvania) says the idea for a bill to ban no-consent pelvic, rectal and prostate exams came from a constituent. "She had been a patient – had ...

Drugmaker Novartis’ Super Bowl ad explained that prostate cancer screening starts with a simple blood test, aiming to dispel ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently had a health scare about my prostate, but fortunately, I was able to get it treated successfully. Because of my close call (I was diagnosed with a moderately aggressive ...

A major trial has demonstrated that lower risk prostate cancers do not fare better by adding 6 months of hormone treatment to radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy, compared with radiotherapy ...

NEWS EIGHT’S TOM LEHMAN EXPLAINS HOW THIS MEASURE PROTECTS PATIENTS UNDER A NEW LAW JUST SIGNED BY GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO. MEDICAL STUDENTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WOULD BE BARRED FROM ...