management of prostatic carcinoma
Last edited 06/2019 and last reviewed 04/2023
Patients considering a PSA test should be informed that at present:
- early detection and treatment of prostate cancer may be beneficial
- identifying men at greatest risk of prostate cancer or identifying which patients will benefit from further investigations and treatment is indecisive
- no strong evidence to indicate which treatment option is most suitable for which man;
- active treatments have significant side-effects, although improvements to treatment regimes and their side-effects are being made (1)
The management of prostatic carcinoma depends on the disease stage:
- organ-confined
- locally advanced
- advanced, metastatic
Reference:
management of organ-confined (localised) prostatic carcinoma
management of locally advanced prostatic carcinoma
management of advanced, metastatic prostatic carcinoma
urgent referral for suspected prostate cancer
diagram of the staging of prostate cancer