Prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men. With the advent of the PSA blood test, it is typically diagnosed early before symptoms develop. Treatment options include watchful waiting, surgery (radical retropubic prostatectomy), and radiation therapy (external beam or prostate seed implantation). One or more of these options may be appropriate depending on the patient’s age, stage, PSA, and Gleason grade.

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

• What You Need to Know About™ Prostate Cancer
• Questions & Answers About Early Prostate Cancer

NCI/PDQ® Prostate Cancer Treatment

• Patient - Consumer level
• Health Professional - Written in medical language. Includes more information & gives references

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

• Overview of the diagnosis & treatment of Prostate Cancer

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

• Prostate Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Patients - Version II, January 2001 Treatment guidelines on prostate cancer agreed upon by representatives of comprehensive cancer centers.