What are the signs for prostate cancer?

Dirty little: Secret: prostate cancer has no symptoms, but lower urinary tract symptoms at or beyond middle age (night visits to pee, frequency, urgency, incomplete emptying, dribbling) bring attention. You get a psa and exam. Sometimes the gland is enlarging as a cause, less likely prostate cancer if the psa is up.

Signs&sx prostate CA: Early prostate ca is silent. There are really no symptoms. Most men will have trouble with bladder function as they age but this is not related to early ca. As the cancer progresses it can cause sx related to the bladder with bleeding, pain, trouble with bowels with bleeding and pain, which we rarely see these days. Late ca can cause bone pain.

Prostate cancer: Most men with early stage prostate cancer have no symtoms attribute to cancer. Urine frequency, urgency, nocturia, hesitancy usually related to benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH) Diagnosis of prostate cancer is usually made by digital rectal examination and/or PSA screening. If digital examination is suspicious patient is recommended for further testing ( ultrasound, biosy etc ) and referral