Traditionally men presented with prostate cancer with advanced disease. However due to the advances in clinical practice the disease is now being treated earlier in patients who experience no symptoms. There is no known cause for prostate cancer although the condition is more likely to occur with an increase in age.

Symptoms of prostate cancer are generally related to your waterworks, known to health professionals as lower urinary tract symptoms. These could present themselves as obstructive symptoms, where men find it difficult to pass water or a have a poor stream, or irritable symptoms, where men tend to use the toilet more frequently or with a degree of urgency. Even so men should be aware that these symptoms do not signify prostate cancer but have a greater chance of occurring as a result of a non-cancerous condition known as benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).

Other symptoms associated with prostate cancer include bone pain and blood in the sperm or the urine, yet again such symptoms do not signify cancer although are signs or symptoms that should encourage men to take their health seriously, indicating the need for a check up by their GP or Urologist.