Jairam Eswara, MD, FACS, is a nationally recognized urology specialist and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He’s the Chair of the Department of Urology at Tufts Medical Center and an ...

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Prostate cancer affects one in six men in the U.S. Urologists recommend men between the ages of 50 and 75 get a prostate screening, which includes a ...

Some health issues cause fear and loathing. Unfortunately, those are often the ones that are dangerous to ignore. Welcome to a discussion of prostate cancer. Yes, it means bringing up such not-so-fun ...

University Hospital in Newark — which is also the principal teaching hospital for Rutgers New Jersey Medical School — added the transperineal prostate biopsy procedure to its cancer-detection arsenal.

Prostate Biopsy Findings. PROSTATE biopsy under local anesthesia showed similar safety and detection outcomes, with better comfort trends for transperineal sampling. A retrospecti ...

Imagine you go under anesthesia for a procedure and a pelvic or prostate exam is performed on you without your knowledge. A Yale University bioethicist says it happens all over the country, including ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Has anyone in your family had prostate cancer? Cancer screening at the urologist begins harmlessly with a consultation. Benjamin ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Biopsies detect prostate cancer in about one-fourth of men with abnormal screening tests. However, a negative biopsy does not ensure the absence of disease. Repeat prostate biopsies ...