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Improving prostate cancer care for Black men
February 28, 2024
![Dr Tarek Bismar sitting in a laboratory](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/august/fall-prostate-donor-update/dr-tarek-bismar.jpg?rev=e15f635e221c4b0196e867ea8a42caed&cx=0.19&cy=0.35&cw=543&ch=623&hash=6D92CDF9A464CD3508241C415EFB1C47)
Predicting prostate cancer outcomes for better care
August 14, 2023
![Dr Alexander Wyatt](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2023/march/mm_mw_donorupdate_prostate_drwyatt.jpg?rev=3c4a6ec3a9fb46a5a88740012436f4de&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=DAF8C0A81B5A2B585A1B831C889AC309)
A less invasive way to test prostate cancer
March 1, 2023
![Kelly Keen](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2022/august/prostate-cancer/kelphoto1.jpg?rev=aa657b6b5b3740c38ab553943947a012&cx=0.5&cy=0.91&cw=543&ch=623&hash=77FCC6DF5B28AF24352092791CD1863C)
Patients at the heart of prostate cancer research funding choices
August 7, 2022
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Using health data to reduce prostate cancer side effects
August 7, 2022
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Innovative study provides new hope
February 10, 2022
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New report reveals 50% decline in prostate cancer death rate since peak in 1995
November 3, 2021
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Fuelling life-changing advances in prostate cancer care
August 11, 2021
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Tailoring treatment for prostate cancer
August 8, 2021
![Dr Laurence Klotz](https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/about-us/hubs/news/2021/april/prostate-cancer-update/dr-laurence-klotz.jpg?rev=bf6dec170e32434cbb12eafd1b65d689&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=543&ch=623&hash=9C6D16A82A1170D2CA584ED6B6AEF47C)
Breakthrough study makes diagnoses less invasive
March 30, 2021
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Studying RNA to treat prostate cancer
August 20, 2020
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Taking prostate cancer to heart
August 18, 2020
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Study finds way to delay prostate cancer spread
June 8, 2020
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Using molecules to understand prostate cancer progression
June 1, 2020