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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

Living with it :
How it affects you
How it affects families
How it affects others
Living with it
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Prostate Cancer

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Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1995. TURPs in 1995 and 1997 followed by an orchidectomy.

With a PSA of 380, cancer was assumed though not confirmed on biopsy. Orchidectomy 1999, and hormone treatment.

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