Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

Scientists have reported results from an early-stage trial of an immunotherapy drug called VIR-5500. The drug offers new hope for men with advanced prostate cancer who have stopped responding to other ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment which means the medicines will travel ...

FDA approved Pylarify TruVu, a higher-radioactivity-concentration formulation of piflufolastat F 18 designed to increase batch size and distribution efficiency while maintaining the established ...

April 24, 2025 (Santa Barbara, CA) The Nuclear Medicine Department at Ridley-Tree Cancer Center, now part of Sutter Health, announces greater capabilities to treat prostate cancer using the injectable ...

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Targeted ultrasound therapy offers a less invasive prostate cancer treatment designed to minimize disruption to daily life.

An experimental immunotherapy drug called VIR-5500 has driven prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels down by as much as 99% in some men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according ...

Many patients with metastatic cancers receive therapy that is initially highly effective, often resulting in complete remission. However, cancer cells have a remarkable capacity to evolve resistance ...

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced the recipients of its 2025 Challenge Awards, providing over $12 million in funding for 12 multi-institutional, cross-disciplinary research teams ...

When researchers at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California, began studying white button mushrooms, they uncovered something remarkable. These common mushrooms, found in ...