Hot Topic! Prostate Cancer

There has been some recent discussion around prostate cancer screening and whether it should be extended to a wider proportion of the populate, but…

What do you know about prostate cancer?

Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more.

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BMJ Best Practice – Prostate Cancer

Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Prostate Cancer, Screening and Prevention

Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Prostate Cancer

Cochrane Library systematic reviews – How does dose‐escalated radiotherapy compare with conventional dose radiotherapy for men with localized prostate cancer?

Oxford Medicine Online –

Chapter 9 Prostate Cancer in Oxford Handbook of Urology
Case 8 Localized Prostate Cancer in Challenging Cases in Urological Surgery
Chapter 5 The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) in 50 studies every doctor should know: the key studies that form the foundation of evidence-based medicine

Patient Information

Prostate cancer: questions to ask your doctor [BMJ Best Practice]
Prostate Cancer (Easy to read) [Clinical Key]

Selected articles from our journal collection

Rate of death from prostate cancer higher in black men: Charity calls on healthcare professionals to raise awareness of the prostate-specific antigen test among black men. Cancer Nursing Practice, Mar2025, volume 24, issue 2, page 7 (1p)
Too Full to Fail? Impact of Excessive Bladder Filling on Patient Experience in Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2025-09-01, Volume 123, Issue 1, Pages e202-e203
Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer The American Journal of Medicine,2025, Volume 138, Issue 11, Pages 1497-1501

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