How to Use prostate in a Sentence

prostate

noun
Definition of prostatenext
  • None of the men had prostate cancer at the start of the studies.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 10 May 2022
  • 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
  • Around the same time, Urquhart got prostate cancer, and his father died.
    — Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2022
  • Black men are 52% more likely to die of prostate cancer.
    — Michael Warren, ajc, 12 Apr. 2022
  • In the Spring of 2022, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
    — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • The smallest one was prostate, and the major one was colorectal.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Joe — who has prostate cancer — then filed for divorce in March.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022
  • Brooke's father died due to prostate cancer in Florida at the age of 61.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Men should talk with their doctor if prostate screening is right for them.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The case was brought by Roger M. Kligler, a Falmouth doctor who has stage 4 prostate cancer.
    — Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Even the rectal exam has been a cause for many men to avoid prostate cancer screening.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Black men are 52 percent more likely to die of prostate cancer.
    — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • Her mother had cared for her father, who'd died of prostate cancer.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The study only included men who were not at high risk for prostate cancer.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • The cause was prostate cancer, the Seattle Times reported.
    — Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Lesh had suffered ill health over the years, including Hepatitis C and, in 2006, prostate cancer.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
  • No cause was provided, although Lesh had a liver transplant in 1998 to combat hepatitis C and battled both prostate and bladder cancer over the years.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2024

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