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Prostate cancer, especially in its early stages, often does not have any symptoms. Symptoms are more likely to appear as the cancer grows.
Call your doctor if you have any of these symptoms:
- Difficulty starting to urinate
- Less force to the stream of urine
- Dribbling after you finish urinating
- Frequent urination, especially at night
- Blood or pus in the urine
- Blood in the semen
- Pain while urinating
- Pain with ejaculation
- Hip and lower back pain that does not go away over time
- Pain in the lower part of your pelvis
- Unintended weight loss and/or loss of appetite
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Source
Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer: Evaluating the Evidence by V Bhatnagar, RM Kaplan (American Family Physician May 15, 2005, http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050515/1915.html)
Written by familydoctor.org editorial staff
Reviewed/Updated: 01/11
Created: 01/99
