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Life After Prostate Removal: What Every Man Should Know Before Surgery

July 06, 2026

Can a Man Live Without a Prostate? Absolutely. The prostate helps produce fluid for semen, but it is not an organ you need to survive the way you need your heart or kidneys. Once it is removed,...

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What Happens During a Prostate MRI and What Your Results Mean

June 30, 2026

A prostate MRI is one of the most detailed and least invasive ways to get a close look at the prostate. There is no surgery and no needle into the gland, just a series of clear images. What...

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Prostate Exams: When to Start, How Often, and What Risk Factors Move the Timeline

June 04, 2026

A lot of men do not think about their prostate until something prompts them: a friend's diagnosis, a nagging symptom, an annual physical, an offhand comment from a doctor about a number on a...

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Transperineal vs Transrectal Prostate Biopsy: What’s the Difference?

May 12, 2026

Most men do not realize there are two types of prostate biopsies. Both procedures share the same goal of sampling prostate tissue precisely enough to confirm or rule out cancer, but they get there...

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Is Prostate Cancer Hereditary?

May 06, 2026

How Much Does Family History Really Matter? Having a father or brother diagnosed with prostate cancer roughly doubles your own risk. If multiple relatives were diagnosed young, say, before...

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Gleason Score Explained

April 28, 2026

Gleason Score Explained A positive prostate biopsy leads to many questions that most men have never had to ask before. What does the cancer look like? How fast is it growing? Do I need...

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Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation for Prostate Cancer

April 13, 2026

Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation is an emerging, minimally invasive treatment designed to address this challenge. By using targeted thermal energy delivered through sterile water vapor, this...

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Rectal Spacing for Prostate Cancer: Protecting the Rectum During Radiation Therapy

April 13, 2026

Rectal spacing is an important advancement designed to address this issue. By physically increasing the distance between the prostate and rectum, it helps reduce radiation exposure to surrounding...

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HIFU Treatment for Prostate Cancer

April 13, 2026

High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is an advanced, non-surgical treatment for localized prostate cancer that has gained significant clinical traction over the past decade. For men who want...

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