Prostate cancer

With the help of your VA provider, you can learn whether prostate cancer screening is right for you.

Navy Veteran Matthew Roach rang the celebration bell at VA Amarillo’s Lubbock VA Clinic, signifying his triumph over terminal stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer one year after being diagnosed.

VA provides best in class care for Veterans facing prostate cancer. 

VA is at the forefront of prostate cancer care and innovation.

VA can support you through a diagnosis of prostate cancer with access to the latest technology and approaches for individualized care.

As part of a new research study that began July [...]

Throughout its history of more than 75 years, VA has funded critical research that has led to many medical advancements instrumental to the agency’s primary goal: to honor America’s Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

While active surveillance sounds like a logical approach for men with low-risk prostate cancer, especially given that prostate removal and radiotherapy can lead to urinary, bowel, and sexual dysfunction, convincing patients to buy into it can be a challenge all its own.

After Marine Corps Veteran Joe Gallo was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he and two others created a virtual support group for prostate cancer patients.

Images from a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner show the location of the cancer. This type of drug appears to be the best diagnostic tool for staging prostate cancer and determining whether it has metastasized, says Dresser, the chief of nuclear medicine at the Truman VA.

Air Force Veteran participating in phase 3 clinical trial at Harry S Truman VA aimed at improving the ability to stage prostate cancer.

I’m involved in prostate cancer basic research and new drug development. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in Veterans. About 35,000 Veterans with prostate cancer receive treatment in the VA system.