The current method of prostate cancer scoring may underestimate mortality risk in black men, according to the authors of a new observational study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results ...

African Americans have a 60% higher incidence of prostate cancer and are about 2 times more likely t Black men with Gleason 6 prostate cancer had a 1.5- to 2.0-fold increased risk of dying from their ...

or on the link below. Eggener et al. make a sound and rational argument for Gleason pattern 6 cancer being reclassified as something other than cancer. Their argument is largely based on the concept ...

Gleason 6 does not cause symptoms or spread, he said. But the word “cancer” in the diagnosis likely scares some men into seeking unnecessarily aggressive treatments, such as prostate removal or ...

Source: Getty Images Biopsy Gleason patterns 4+5, 5+4, and 5+5 should be given separate consideration in pretreatment risk stratification, according to investigators. Prostate cancer (PCa) survival ...

On May 18, 2025, it was announced that former President Joe Biden had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. His diagnosis came after he was checked out by his physician because of ...

A University of Chicago Medicine doctor is arguing that one of the most common types of cancer in men sometimes shouldn’t be called cancer at all — a stance that some say could save many patients from ...