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PSA testing and screening :
The PSA test
Ideas on PSA screening and tests on demand
Signs and investigations :
Signs and symptoms of prostate cancer
Your ideas about causes of prostate cancer
Scans for prostate cancer
Biopsy for prostate cancer
Treatment :
Finding information on prostate cancer treatment
Watchful waiting and active surveillance
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer
Radical prostatectomy
Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
External radiotherapy
Brachytherapy for prostate cancer
Cryosurgery for prostate cancer
Vaccine trials
Orchidectomy
Chemotherapy for prostate cancer
(HIFU) High intensity focused ultrasound
Trans-urethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
Complementary approaches
Pain relief
Catheters
Side effects of treatments :
Urinary incontinence
Impotence
Bowel and bladder problems
Lack of energy
Hot flushes and breast tenderness
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Prostate Cancer
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Male 75 +
Interview 14
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Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1995. TURPs in 1995 and 1997 followed by an orchidectomy.
Interview 16
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With a PSA of 380, cancer was assumed though not confirmed on biopsy. Orchidectomy 1999, and hormone treatment.
Interview 18
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Diagnosed with prostate cancer 1997. TURP in 1997 and hormone treatment following diagnosis.
Interview 21
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Diagnosed with prostate cancer 1998. TURP in 1982, watchful waiting.
Interview 29
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Diagnosed with prostate cancer 1999. TURP in 1999, external beam radiation and short hormone treatment 2000.
Interview 35
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Diagnosed with prostate cancer 1993, hormone treatment, TURP in 1999.
Interview 39
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Diagnosed with prostate cancer 1998, hormone treatment.
Interview 43
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Diagnosed with prostate cancer 2000, hormone treatment.
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