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Prostate
cancer
Prostate cancer is a malignant tumour of the prostate.
Prostate cancers can be in two main forms:
- Early prostate cancers (also known as localised prostate cancer) are contained within the prostate. In some cases they may not cause problems for many years and may not need treatment. However some early cancers grow and spread quickly.
- Advanced prostate cancer implies the cancer has grown faster and spread to the tissues outside the prostate and to other places in the body.
Prostate cancer can spread to lymph nodes in the pelvis and through the blood to other parts of the body, such as the bones and lungs. Most types of cancer spread, but treatment can often stop this happening.
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