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Prostate Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Patient VersionHealth Professional VersionEn españolLast Modified: 11/23/2009



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Cellular Classification






Stage Information






Treatment Option Overview






Stage I Prostate Cancer






Stage II Prostate Cancer






Stage III Prostate Cancer






Stage IV Prostate Cancer






Recurrent Prostate Cancer






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Changes to This Summary (11/23/2009)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Treatment Option Overview

Added text about case series that showed that some men who underwent radical prostatectomy had shortening of penile length (cited Savoie et al. as reference 48; Gontero et al. as reference 49, and McCullough as reference 50); also added text about the functional consequence noted by some men.

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