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Cancer in a man's prostate, the small walnut-sized gland that produces seminal fluid.

Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this

39 year experience in Internal Medicine

Is a type of:

Prostate diseases • Urogenital neoplasms • Cancer

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common
Young adult
19-40
Common
Middle-aged adult
41-60
Very common

How it can usually be treated?

Can be cured with medical treatment

How is it usually diagnosed?

Requires diagnosis by a medical professional

Body locations

Pelvis

Symptoms

Abdominal pain
Stomach pain
Joint pains
Fatigue
Elevated PSA
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Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Prostate cancer
Leuprolide
3.9
65 reviews
Goserelin
3.8
64 reviews
Abiraterone acetate
3.8
62 reviews
Degarelix
3.5
55 reviews
Bicalutamide
3.4
67 reviews
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Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Prostate cancer

Surgery

Radical prostatectomy
4.3
29 reviews

Medical devices

Da vinci surgical system

Other treatments

Preventing prostate cancer

Tests

Kidney function tests
Complete blood count
Liver function test
Prostate specific antigen

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