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Symptoms of Prostate CancerSymptoms of prostate cancer may be vague or absent in the early stages of the disease. However, as the tumor enlarges it can cause a number of different signs and symptoms associated with the cancer. Many of these symptoms caused by prostate cancer may be caused by other things as well, they are not specific to prostate cancer. If you are having any signs or symptoms that are worrying you, you should consult your own physician for guidance and to discuss options for prostate cancer screening and diagnosis.
Some Common Symptoms:Difficulty urinating and/or decreased force of urine stream: Difficulty urinating can also be caused by other things, such as benign prostate disease (benign prostatic hypertrophy), which is common in men as they get older.Blood in the urine or semen: Blood in the urine can be caused by many different cancers, including prostate cancer, bladder cancer and kidney cancer. However, non-cancerous disease may also cause it, such as urinary tract infections. Blood in the semen is less common but can also be caused by testicular cancer.
Swelling in the legs, pelvic discomfort and bone pain: These potential symptoms are more common when the cancer has spread beyond the prostate gland and is invading surrounding structures in the pelvis or has spread to distant sites (metastasized). Metastases to bone is one of the common sites for spread of prostate cancer, which would lead to the symptom of bone pain.
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