- Have you recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
- Are you trying to decide between treatment options?
- Are you overwhelmed by all the information you are receiving?
Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Guide
This publication, from ZERO, The End of Prostate Cancer, provides the latest information for those newly diagnosed.
The PCRI Prostate Cancer Staging Guide
This new document systematically provides all the information that is necessary to stage prostate cancer properly and to consider all the treatment options available for each stage. It is written in plain language for the consumer. This is essential reading for anyone in the early stages of diagnosis and considering treatment options as well as for those with recurrent or advanced disease.
Here is an interactive, online Quiz to stage your prostate cancer. Use this along with the Prostate Staging Guide.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network is a not-for-profit alliance of 31 of the world's leader cancer centers. The following link provides their guidelines for prostate cancer patients. This document explains the basics of prostate cancer, how doctors stage it, treatment options, and how to make treatment decisions.
Here is an explanation by a noted prostate cancer clinician of the Gleason Score and of the new Epstein Score.