Learn about a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) and how it allows the care team to examine the prostate gland during the cancer diagnosis process.
Learn about the options for targeted therapy, including PARP inhibitors, and how they work. Targeted therapy is a prostate cancer medication that directly attacks diseased cells.
Learn about the symptoms, treatment and survival rate for Stage 4 prostate cancer. Metastatic disease occurs when cancerous cells spread to other body areas.
Learn how a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is performed, what the results mean and how the test may help doctors evaluate cancer risk.
Learn about procedure types, details and side effects of a prostatectomy where the surgeon removes the patient’s prostate, often to treat cancer.
Learn about types of prostate cancer such as acinar and ductal adenocarcinoma, small-cell carcinoma and more.
Learn about prostate cancer treatment options which may include surgery, radiation therapy, drug therapy and more. Learn about the therapies and the survival rate for this disease.
Learn about prostate cancer signs and what to look for as symptoms may not always appear until the disease reaches an advanced stage.
Learn how immunotherapy, a treatment for prostate cancer, prompts the patient’s own immune system to attack diseased cells.
Learn what happens and how to prepare for a digital rectal exam (DRE) which allows your care team to check for prostate cancer and other issues.