Urine Leakage After Prostate Cancer Surgery
Urine leakage is common after radical prostatectomy, especially just after catheter removal. Most men improve over months, but persistent bothersome…
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Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer lowers or blocks androgen signalling, especially testosterone. It is central to metastatic treatment and is…
ADT Side Effects in Prostate Cancer
ADT can cause hot flushes, sexual dysfunction, fatigue, loss of muscle, weight gain, bone thinning and metabolic changes. Many effects…
PSA After Prostate Cancer Treatment
PSA behaves differently after prostatectomy and radiation. After surgery it should become undetectable or very low; after radiation it usually…
Robotic Prostate Surgery Explained
Robotic prostate surgery is a minimally invasive way to perform radical prostatectomy. The surgeon controls robotic instruments; the robot does…
Radiation vs Surgery for Prostate Cancer
For many localized prostate cancers, both surgery and radiation can provide excellent cancer control. The main differences are treatment process,…
Radical Prostatectomy Explained
Radical prostatectomy removes the prostate and seminal vesicles to treat localized or selected locally advanced prostate cancer. Learn how it…
Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer
Active surveillance is a planned monitoring strategy for selected low-risk prostate cancer. It aims to avoid unnecessary treatment while preserving…
Metastatic Prostate Cancer Explained
Understand metastatic prostate cancer, hormone-sensitive and castration-resistant disease, modern ADT combinations, chemotherapy, prostate radiotherapy, genetics and follow-up.
Gleason Score Explained
The Gleason score describes how prostate cancer looks under the microscope. The two most important growth patterns are added together,…
ISUP Grade Group Explained
ISUP Grade Groups simplify prostate-cancer grading into five levels. Grade Group 1 is the least aggressive and Grade Group 5…
Localized Prostate Cancer Explained
Localized prostate cancer has not spread to distant organs. Depending on risk, options include active surveillance, radical prostatectomy and radiation,…