Once someone is diagnosed with prostate cancer, the patient and his doctors decide on a course of action and create a treatment plan. Very often that means simply keeping an eye on the progression of the disease. Here, top doctors lay out the most common prostate cancer treatment options and explain the tools and methods used, as well as the risk factors involved.

Special thanks: National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, University of Chicago Hospital

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