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Learn More: Prostate Cancer Screening

Prostate Cancer Screening

Learn more about prostate cancer: how you can reduce your risk, what you should know about screening and results, and how prostate cancer is treated. For personalized advice, take the free RealAge Prostate Cancer Screening and Risk Assessment.

Basics of Prostate Disease

The Prostate Gland and What It Does

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

Prostate Cancer

Symptoms of Prostate Cancer

The Doctor's Examination

Causes of Prostate Cancer

Primary Risk Factors

How Age Affects the Risk of Prostate Cancer

Why Prostate Cancer Increases with Age

Risk Among Various Races

African-Americans

U.S. Compared to Other Countries

Relative with Prostate Cancer

Family History of Other Types of Cancer

Secondary Risk Factors

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

Tests

Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test

Normal PSA Level

The Accuracy of a Test at Detecting a Disease

Accuracy of the PSA Test

Other Conditions That Can Affect the PSA Levels

High PSA Levels

Free PSA and How It Is Used

PSA Velocity and How It Is Used

PSA Density and How It Is Used

Why PSA Measurements Are Used

Table of Normal PSA Values by Specific Age

The Number of Doctors Who Use the PSA Test

Digital Rectal Exam

Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS)

Prostate Biopsy

Prostate Acid Phosphatase PAP Test

Significance of Prostate Cancer

Seriousness of Prostate Cancer

Insignificant or Latent Prostate Cancer

How Doctors Determine the Significance of the Prostate Cancer

The Usual Course of Prostate Cancer

A Critical Point for the Detection and Treatment of Prostate Cancer

The Chance of Dying from Prostate Cancer

Why a Randomized Study Is Needed to Prove That Screening Is Effective

Waiting for Evidence

Studies in Progress and Their Results

Preventing Prostate Cancer

What to Do to Prevent Prostate Cancer

Tomato Based Products

Cooked Tomato Sauce

Eating Less Fat

Fruits and Vegetables

Eating More Soy

Exercise and Prevention

Hormone Treatments

Other Types of Prevention

The Role of Tea

Beta-Carotene Supplements

Recent Trends in Prostate Cancer

More Men Are Being Diagnosed

Fewer Men Are Dying

Risk of Diagnosis Is Increasing

Screening

When It Is Appropriate to Screen for a Disease

How Prostate Cancer Screening Stands Up to the General Criteria for Screening

Understanding Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Concern About Treatment

Risks with Needle Biopsies

Risks of Surgery

Risks of Radiation

Ranges of Complications

Evidence About Effective Treatment

Recommendations of Medical and Healthcare Organizations

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

American Cancer Society

American Urological Association

National Cancer Institute

American College of Physicians

American Academy of Family Physicians

American College of Preventive Medicine

Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Exam

Canadian Urological Association

Office of Technology Assessment

Values Concerning the Decision to Screen

The Nature of Tests

Feelings About Cancer

Living with Probabilities

Living as Long as Possible

Quality of Life

Sexual Function

Your Partner's Feelings

Urinary Control

Treating Advanced Cancer

Making a Decision

The Bottom Line

References

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