Prostate Cancer

African-American men are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than men of any other racial group, but a group of St. Louis-area…

The day Sha Fields was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, her fiancé came along to offer moral support, and he has been by her side since then. She…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 24, 2012 - Thanks to a recent grant, the Saint Louis University Cancer Center will be…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 22, 2012 - A prostate cancer expert at Washington University says a federal advisory panel is…

Spikes and dips in cancer rates are not uncommon in public health statistics, but explaining why they occur and deciding what to do about them can often…

There's more evidence that most men don’t need an annual prostate cancer screening.Washington University chief urologist Dr. Gerald Andriole has been…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 18, 2011 - Medical experts haven't mentioned it yet, but the proposal to limit screening for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 13, 2011 - Though Ronald Reagan never claimed to be a scientist, he succinctly summarized the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: August 12, 2008 - Excess Drinking Linked to Metabolic SyndromeWe know our livers don't like it when…