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Prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms in the early stages. As the malignancy spreads, it may constrict the urethra and cause urinary problems.

Urine flows from the kidney through the ureters into the urinary bladder where it is temporarily stored. As the bladder becomes distended with urine, nerve impulses from the bladder signal the brain that it is full which gives the individual the urge to void. By voluntarily relaxing the sphincter muscle around the urethra, the bladder can be e...

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Are There Signs That I Have Prostate Cancer?

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PSA Velocity: What Does a Quick Rise in PSA Mean?

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Benign Prostate Hyperplasia

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Prostate Cancer Treatment: Localized Prostate Cancer

for Localized Prostate CancerChoosing the best treatment for localized prostate cancer (T1 or T2) is generally based on the patient's age, the stage and grade of the cancer, and the... Read more »

Prostate Cancer: Other Treatments

...cancerous, are deprived of androgens, they no longer proliferate and eventually die.Hormonal treatment in prostate cancer uses drugs or surgery (orchiectomy) to suppress or block male hormones... Read more »

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