Prostate cancer has four stages, which describe how advanced the cancer is and how far it has spread throughout your body. Knowing the stage of your cancer can help you and your healthcare team ...

When you’re diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early stage, usually stage I or II, it means the disease hasn't spread outside your prostate gland. That means you have a few good treatment options to ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men after skin cancer. Age is a significant risk factor for prostate cancer. Family history and genetic factors play a significant role in prostate ...

That’s because most cases are caught before the cancer has spread. In fact, more than 75% of diagnoses are made while the disease is still confined to the prostate. When that happens, the outlook is ...

ST. PETERS, Mo. – When Mellve Shahid picked up the phone in March 2007, he was not expecting the news–his doctor told him he had Stage 2 prostate cancer. “It was like a gut punch,” he said. Living in ...