Prostate Cancer
Whether you (or a loved one) are worried about developing prostate cancer, have just been diagnosed, are going through treatment, or are trying to stay well after treatment, this detailed guide can help you find the answers you need. Click on the topics below to get started.
What Is Prostate Cancer?
Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention
- What are the risk factors for prostate cancer?
- Do we know what causes prostate cancer?
- Can prostate cancer be prevented?
Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Staging
- Can prostate cancer be found early?
- How is prostate cancer diagnosed?
- How is prostate cancer staged?
- Survival rates for prostate cancer
Treating Prostate Cancer
- How is prostate cancer treated?
- Expectant management (watchful waiting) and active surveillance for prostate cancer
- Surgery for prostate cancer
- Radiation therapy for prostate cancer
- Cryosurgery for prostate cancer
- Hormone (androgen deprivation) therapy for prostate cancer
- Chemotherapy for prostate cancer
- Vaccine treatment for prostate cancer
- Preventing and treating prostate cancer spread to bone
- Clinical trials for prostate cancer
- Complementary and alternative therapies for prostate cancer
- Considering prostate cancer treatment options
- Initial treatment of prostate cancer by stage
- Following PSA levels during and after treatment
- Prostate cancer that remains or recurs after treatment
- More prostate cancer treatment information
Talking With Your Doctor
After Treatment
- What happens after treatment for prostate cancer?
- Lifestyle changes after having prostate cancer
- How does having prostate cancer affect your emotional health?
- If prostate cancer treatment stops working