General Overview

Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer cells grow in the prostate gland. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland in men that surrounds the urethra. The prostate produces a fluid that is part of semen.

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InDepth

Find answers in our in-depth report on prostate cancer:

• What is prostate cancer?
• What are the risk factors?
• What are the symptoms?
• How is it diagnosed?
• How is it treated?
• What are the screening tests?
• How can I reduce my risk?
• What should I ask my healthcare provider about prostate cancer?

Diagnostic and Surgical Procedures

• Prostatectomy
• Radiation therapy
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Robot-assisted urologic procedures

Living With Prostate Cancer

Extreme fatigue—the seemingly bone-crushing exhaustion that makes it difficult to brush your teeth, cook a hamburger or climb the stairs—is one of the most common complaints of people with cancer. Learn more here about how to combat fatigue.

The key to traveling with cancer is to make travel preparations that will promote comfort, safeguard your health, and maintain your treatment goals as much as possible. Here are some tips to help smooth the trip.

Special Topics

Should you get a PSA test?

The key to beating prostate cancer is early detection. But does this mean you should get a PSA blood test?

Here are foods that may help fight prostate cancer.

Impotence. It is, perhaps, one of the most disturbing words a man can hear. And for men battling prostate cancer, it is a very real possibility. However, a nerve grafting surgical procedure may prevent impotence that often occurs after surgery to remove the prostate gland. Read more here about this procedure.

In sperm banking, your sperm are frozen and stored so that should you decide to become a father at some point in the future, you will have that opportunity, even if cancer treatment has affected your fertility. Learn more here.

Surviving cancer is one of the most amazing success stories a person can have. Ending cancer treatment is exciting, but it is also challenging. There are so many questions. What happens next? Will your cancer return? How can you stay healthy?

Related Conditions

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate)
• Prostatitis

Natural and Alternative Treatments (By Condition)

• Cancer prevention
• Cancer treatment