Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and this type of cancer occurs in the prostate gland, which produces the fluid, semen. This gland is a small and a walnut-shaped gland and the seminal fluid produced by it helps the transportation of the sperm. The growth of this type of cancer is very slow and at its early stage, it will be confined only to the prostate gland. This stage is not harmful to anyone. There are different types of prostate cancer in which a few are slow growing, and some will spread very fast. When this cancer is diagnosed early, you can cure it completely.

Symptoms
At the early stage of prostate cancer, there are generally no symptoms, which have been observed. Only a few people show some symptoms at this stage and these symptoms include:

• Many people may experience a frequent visit to the toilet at night for urination.
• Several people with prostate cancer have a lot of difficulty in the beginning and controlling urination.
• Some of the people with prostate cancer may experience blood in the urine sometimes.
• Painful urination is another symptom of prostate cancer, which is experienced by many individuals.
• Ejection will also become a task for some people having prostate cancer.
• When your prostate cancer achieves an advanced stage, then you will experience bone pain and bone fractures.
• If the spinal cord will also get affected by this cancer, then you may experience weakness in legs, urinary incontinence, and fecal incontinence.

Causes
The real cause of prostate cancer is still undetermined yet. However, it is believed that there are several factors, which may cause this type of cancer in men. According to doctors, mutations can be one factor that might cause prostate cancer in some people. Due to mutations, the cells of the prostate gland start growing and dividing very quickly and hence, these abnormal cells cause normal cells to die. These abnormal cells accumulate to form a tumor, which is generally the beginning of cancer.

Treatment for prostate cancer
There are various ways of treating this cancer, which is described below in detail:

• Radiotherapy
  This is one of the treatment processes of prostate cancer in which ionizing radiation or photons are utilized to kill the cancer cells. During this treatment, the cells, which you target will die and do not grow and replicate further.
• Surgery for prostate cancer
  In this process, the complete prostate gland will be removed from your body through surgery. This type of surgery is known as radical prostatectomy. This treatment is used on individuals whose prostate cancer has not spread to other body parts.
• Hormone therapy
  This therapy will mainly target on the testosterone as it is the main fuel for the growth of cancer cell in the prostate gland.
• Chemotherapy
  This is the main treatment given to those people who have widely spread cancer and this treatment will be the only hope for them.

This is the complete description of prostate cancer, its symptoms, its causes, and its treatment.