Common symptoms
- Difficulty starting urination or weak urine flow
- Frequent urination, especially at night
- Blood in urine or semen
- Pain in the hips, back, or pelvis
- Erectile difficulties
Treatment options
- Active surveillance for low-risk disease
- Radical prostatectomy (often robotic)
- External beam radiation therapy
- Brachytherapy (seed implants)
- Hormone therapy (androgen deprivation)
- Targeted and PARP inhibitor therapy
Questions to ask your oncologist
- What is my Gleason score and risk category?
- Am I a candidate for active surveillance?
- What are the side-effect differences between surgery and radiation?
- Should I get genetic testing (BRCA1/2)?
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