Treatment

If prostate cancer is not properly controlled, the condition may worsen and result in the followings:

• Spread to other organs: prostate cancer may spread along lymphatic vessels to the surrounding lymph nodes and then bones or other distant organs.
• Pain: if cancer cells invade the bones, patients may suffer from severe pain.

Patients of prostate cancer may also suffer from the following complications caused by treatments:

• Incontinence of urine
• Impotence (inability to get and maintain an erection sufficient for a satisfactory sexual intercourse): cancer itself, surgery, radiotherapy or hormonal therapy can all cause impotence in some patients
• Rectum bleeding or ulcer: usually caused by radiotherapy