Scientists at NYU Langone Health examined cancerous and benign tissues from 10 patients with prostate cancer and found “small fragments of plastic” in both — but the tumors had much higher ...

Microplastics have now been found inside most prostate cancer tumors — and at strikingly higher levels than in healthy tissue ...

Prostate tumors contain more microplastics than healthy prostate tissue, researchers from New York University Langone Health ...

New study finds microplastics in 90% of prostate cancer tumors, with double the concentration in cancerous tissue compared to healthy tissue from patient samples.

In a new study, researchers found microplastics deep inside prostate cancer tumors, raising more questions about the role the ...

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An experimental immunotherapy drug called VIR-5500 has driven prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels down by as much as 99% in some men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according ...

Small fragments of plastic were found in 9 out of 10 patients with prostate cancer, and in higher levels inside tumors than in nearby noncancerous tissue, a new study finds. The small, single-center ...

Experts urge caution in interpreting results of a small pilot study finding microplastics in prostate cancer tissue, calling the results provocative but preliminary.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men throughout the United States. Most men do not realize they have cancer due ...

Researchers found men who ejaculated more often had fewer prostate cancer diagnoses, pointing to a possible biological ...

In a new study, researchers found microplastics deep inside prostate cancer tumors, raising more questions about the role the ubiquitous pollutants play in public health. The findings — which come ...