How to Use prostate in a Sentence

prostate

noun
Definition of prostatenext
Synonyms for prostatenext
  • The first, Provenge, was approved in the U.S. in 2010 to treat prostate cancer that had spread.
    — Carla K. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2023
  • The cause was prostate cancer, said his wife, Joan Watts.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • Very often, the problem isn’t the prostate at all -- but the bladder.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • The cause was prostate cancer, said his wife, Joan Brand Watts.
    — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • The drugs are used to treat cancers of the lung, bladder, breast and prostate, among others.
    — Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
  • Case in point: Black men are around twice as likely to die of prostate cancer than white men.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 26 June 2023
  • About $10 billion is spent treating prostate cancer in the US each year.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Brooke's father died due to prostate cancer in Florida at the age of 61.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The cause was prostate cancer, said his wife, Cynthia Elliott.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The cause was metastatic prostate cancer, said his son Stephen Amitay.
    — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Some prostate cancer treatments can make the problem worse.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The news of her surgery came on the same day as the announcement that King Charles was due to receive treatment for an enlarged prostate.
    — Ollie MacNaughton, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Breast and prostate cancer are also the leading causes of death in the Caribbean and across Africa.
    — Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 1 Aug. 2023
  • One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Compare and contrast this with the King's prostate procedure.
    — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The study only included men who were not at high risk for prostate cancer.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Common screens include ones for cancer of the prostate, breast, cervix, colon after the age of 50, and the lungs for those who have smoked heavily.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
  • My brother was just diagnosed with a rare form of prostate cancer, called small cell.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 July 2023
  • Last month, it was announced that the King was hospitalized to have surgery for an enlarged prostate.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
  • This is expressed at highest levels in the male prostate, never really seen in the breast.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And their clinicians might not think of them as being at risk of prostate cancer either.
    — Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The cause was prostate cancer, his daughter Dr. Tara Shelby Sexton said.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Data for its lead medicine, for prostate cancer, are expected in the fourth quarter.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Black men are 50% more likely than white men to develop prostate cancer, and twice as likely to die from it.
    — Giovanni Caforio, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The announcement came a week after the King’s three-day hospital stay for surgery for an enlarged prostate.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
  • There, Neruda falls ill with prostate cancer and is forced to return to Chile for treatment shortly before the 1973 coup.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Austin underwent an initial surgery to treat and cure prostate cancer on Dec. 22, unbeknownst to the White House.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • How long patients will have to wait for a prostate procedure at the busy N.H.S. is another question.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • There are still some men who will benefit from prostate cancer screening, even at age 75.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The man, who said his name was Alonzo, soon confided to her that he had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
    — Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024

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