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Prostate cancer
In-Depth
Symptoms
- Urinary incontinence Urinary incontinence — Comprehensive overview covers causes, treatment of loss of bladder control.
- Symptom Checker Use this Symptom Checker to pinpoint possible causes of your medical symptoms.
Tests and diagnosis
- Prostate cancer screening: Should you get a PSA test? Prostate cancer screening — Find out if you need the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
- Biopsy: Types of biopsy procedures used to diagnose cancer Biopsy procedures, including needle biopsy and bone marrow biopsy, are used to diagnose cancer.
- PSA test PSA test — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this test for signs of prostate cancer.
- Prostate biopsy Prostate biopsy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this procedure to detect prostate cancer.
- Needle biopsy Common needle biopsy procedures include fine-needle aspiration and core needle biopsy.
Complications
- Obesity Obesity — Comprehensive overview covers causes, treatment and prevention of this serious health risk.
Treatments and drugs
- Cryotherapy for prostate cancer Cryotherapy is another way to treat prostate cancer besides surgery or radiation.
- Surgery: Radical prostatectomy Explore two techniques for radical prostatectomy, along with risks and side effects of this procedure.
- External beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer See the different forms of external beam radiation treatment for prostate cancer.
- Radioactive seed implants (brachytherapy) for prostate cancer In brachytherapy, radioactive seeds are implanted to treat prostate cancer. Here's what to expect.
- Brachytherapy Brachytherapy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this type of radiation therapy for cancer.
- Prostate cancer guide Prostate cancer treatment options — Consider the different factors before making your decision.
Prevention
- Prostate cancer prevention: What you can do Prostate cancer: There's no sure way to prevent it — but these steps might help.
