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Prostate cancer essentials: Diagnosing and staging prostate cancer

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1:05 Learning hours

Introductory

Diagnosis

Prostate cancer essentials: Diagnosing and staging prostate cancer

This course reviews the symptoms and tests involved in the diagnosis of prostate cancer as well as how each stage of prostate cancer is classified.

We would like to thank Catherine Holborn, Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy and Oncology, Sheffield Hallam University for authoring this content on behalf of Prostate Cancer UK.

Date written: September 2014
Date due for revision: April 2019

This course consists of the following 4 modules:

Prostate cancer essentials: The symptoms of prostate cancer

This module provides an introduction to the symptoms of prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer essentials: PSA testing

This module provides an overview of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test.

Prostate cancer essentials: Digital rectal examination (DRE)

This module provides an overview of the digital rectal examination (DRE).

Prostate cancer essentials: Staging of prostate cancer

This module reviews the staging system that classifies the advancing stages of prostate cancer.