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Symptoms that may indicate prostate cancer:
 

Rising PSA level

Bone pain or back pain

Difficulty urinating

Weakness or numbness in the legs

 

Risk Factors

The incidence of prostate cancer...

  • Increases with age, especially after 65
  • Is nearly twice as high in African Americans
  • Is higher for someone whose father or brother has prostate cancer

More on Prostate Cancer

Who Is at Risk for Developing Prostate Cancer?
Screening and Diagnosing of Prostate Cancer
Know Your Prostate Cancer Risks

In the Encyclopedia:

Prostate-specific antigen test
Prostate ultrasound
Prostatectomy

This article was reviewed and updated June 2007.

 

Thu, Jan 8, 2009



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