What is prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor involving the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is generally slow growing and often does not show signs or symptoms in early stages. It is seen more often in men over the age of 50

How do members experience prostate cancer?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with prostate cancer*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for prostate cancer*

*Data from patients with prostate cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with prostate cancer*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Lupron Depot)
Perceived effectiveness
for prostate cancer (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
prostate cancer (4)
Treatment

(Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy (TSEBT))
Perceived effectiveness
for prostate cancer (2 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
2
Tried for
prostate cancer (4)
Treatment

(Zytiga)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
prostate cancer (3)
Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
prostate cancer (3)
Treatment

(Casodex)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
prostate cancer (1)

*Data from patients with prostate cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has prostate cancer on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 30
30s 68
40s 62
50s 159
60s 419
70+ 737

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1,387
Female 73