Doctors are calling out the Pentagon for calling Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's recent medical procedure to treat prostate cancer an "elective" surgery," saying that characterization is misleading.

A technique to improve the precision of prostate cancer surgery means that almost twice as many men preserve their erectile function compared to those undergoing standard surgery, according to results ...

The men were followed up until 2022. After 30 years, most of the men who had died had died of causes other than prostate cancer. The risk of dying from prostate cancer during this period was 17 ...