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Prostate Cancer Basics |
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Just the Facts…Prostate Cancer (pdf)
Your best chance for surviving prostate cancer is detecting it early. When prostate cancer is found early, there is nearly a 100% chance for cure.
What Do You Know About Prostate Cancer?
Watch an online video to learn more about prostate cancer and how it can affect you. Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese. |
| Prostate Cancer Treatment at M. D. Anderson |
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Prostate cancer patients are treated in our Genitourinary Care Center.
Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Clinic - for men who want to learn more about the available prostate cancer treatments.
 Prostate Cancer & Minimally Invasive Surgery (September 2008)
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| Prostate Cancer Symptoms & Screening |
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Common Prostate Symptoms
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Because it is usually diagnosed before symptoms appear, screening and early detection are critical to finding the disease at an early stage when it can be potentially cured, and there are more treatment options.
Men with this cancer may have one or more of these symptoms, but none of the symptoms below are specific for cancer, and most men with prostate cancer have none of them. However, when present they may point to other health problem that can - and often should - be treated. Their presence should prompt men to seek medical evaluation, including a digital rectal exam (DRE) of the prostate and serum PSA, from a urologist or other physician.
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Painful or burning urination
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Inability to urinate or difficulty in starting to urinate
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Frequent or urgent need to urinate
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Trouble emptying the bladder completely
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Blood in the urine or semen
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Continual pain in the lower back, pelvis or thighs
Free Prostate Cancer Screenings
Free screening is available on a regular basis. Please call 713-792-8924 to schedule your free screening.
M. D. Anderson's Cancer Screening Guidelines
(Updated December 2006)
Screening risks and benefits should be discussed with a health care provider.
- Beginning at age 50 – Annual digital rectal exam (DRE) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test.
- Beginning at age 45 – DRE and PSA for men at increased risk:
- African-American men
- Men with a family history of prostate cancer
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| Prostate Cancer Education & Support |
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 Patient Power - Minimally Invasive for Lung & Prostate Cancer (40:46) Minimally invasive is a surgical approach to cancer management designed to minimize trauma, maximize outcomes and enable patients to quickly return to their normal life. Minimally invasive surgery is an option for treating kidney, liver, prostate, bladder, gynecologic, skin and head and neck cancers. (July 2007)
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Patient Power - Advances in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer (01:00)
There are many prostate cancer treatment choices available today that enable a high quality of life during and after treatment. This webcast will include a discussion of robotic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, proton therapy and other technologies used in the treatment of prostate cancer. (June 2007)
Download / Listen / Transcript (pdf)
Patient Story
- "The things I thought were important before my prostate cancer didn't amount to a hill of beans afterwards." Read Art Herzog's Story.
Survivor Support
Sexuality Issues
Other M. D. Anderson Resources
- Minimally Invasive Surgery at M. D. Anderson - A surgical approach to prostate cancer treatment designed to minimize trauma, maximize outcomes and enable patients to quickly return to their normal life.
- Proton Therapy - M. D. Anderson patients are among the first anywhere to benefit from emerging treatment strategies and technology. Proton therapy offers another way to deliver high radiation doses to a tumor. This leads to better cancer control with fewer side effects.
- Prostate Cancer SPORE - Program of talented clinical and fundamental research scientists who are dedicated to translational (bench-to-bedside) research in prostate cancer.
Watchful Waiting for Prostate Cancer - When diagnosed with cancer, most people want whatever medical treatment available to get rid of it. At M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, doctors are investigating an approach to early prostate cancer treatment that involves waiting instead of immediate treatment with radiation or surgery. (Summer 2006)
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Laparoscopic Prostatectomy - Emerging technology is making a less-invasive procedure more available for prostate cancer treatment. (Spring 2005)
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