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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
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Scans for prostate cancer
Biopsy for prostate cancer

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Finding information on prostate cancer treatment
Watchful waiting and active surveillance
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer
Radical prostatectomy
Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
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Orchidectomy
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(HIFU) High intensity focused ultrasound
Trans-urethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
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Urinary incontinence
Impotence
Bowel and bladder problems
Lack of energy
Hot flushes and breast tenderness

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Cancer >> Prostate Cancer >> Male 75 + >> Interview 21 >> Describes the slight discomfort experienced during the biopsy.

Diagnosed with prostate cancer 1998. TURP in 1982, watchful waiting.

Cancer >> Prostate Cancer >> Male 48 - 60 >> Interview 55 >> He recovered quickly and was able to go outside for a short walk two days after returning home. He had to take medication which led to diarrhoea.

In 2006, following a series of tests, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. In April 2007 he had a radical nerve-sparing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.

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