Prostate cancer is a common cancer among men. There is usually no symptom at the early stage. If you have symptoms, it suggests the cancer has spread out of prostate gland. Main symptoms include urgent urination, painful urination, blood in urine, weak urine flow, interrupted urine flow, urine retention, night urine, painful ejaculation pain, lower abdominal pain, lower back pain and thigh pain. Prostate cancer usually grows slowly. At the beginning it is confined to prostate and it is not very serious. When it spread to other parts of the body, it can cause serious consequences. For some patients, combination of multiple treatment methods, such as surgery plus radiotherapy or radiotherapy plus hormone therapy may be the best option.
How is Prostate cancer treated in practice?