What are the symptoms of Prostate Cancer?

During the early stages of prostate cancer there are usually no symptoms. Most men at this stage find out they have prostate cancer after a routine check up or blood test. When symptoms do exist, they are usually one or more of the following:

• The patient urinates more often
• The patient gets up at night more often to urinate
• He may find it hard to start urinating
• He may find it hard to keep urinating once he has started
• There may be blood in the urine
• Urination might be painful
• Ejaculation may be painful (less common)
• Achieving or maintaining an erection may be difficult (less common)

If the prostate cancer is advanced the following symptoms are also possible:

• Bone pain, often in the spine (vertebrae), pelvis, or ribs
• The proximal part of the femur can be painful
• Leg weakness (if cancer has spread to the spine and compressed the spinal cord)
• Urinary incontinence (if cancer has spread to the spine and compressed the spinal cord)
• Fecal incontinence (if cancer has spread to the spine and compressed the spinal cord)

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