Prostate Cancer - Diagnosis and Treatment

What is Prostate Cancer?

Prostate cancer is characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the prostate gland.

In many cases, the course is slow and the disease may cause no symptoms for several years. In other cases, prostate cancers can progress aggressively and give rise to metastases. Symptoms occur in the later stages of the disease and can be similar to conditions other than cancer, such as prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

The onset of prostate cancer correlates with some risk factors, which can favor the neoplastic transformation of cells; first of all, the age of over 50 years. The extreme spread of prostate cancer after this age, and the excellent chances of eradication in the early stages, underline the importance of early diagnosis.

Diagnosis