Prostate cancer: Get to know your treatment and testing options

Medical practitioners are constantly updating and refining approaches to prostate cancer care, while new cutting-edge therapies are on the horizon

There are now more ways of treating prostate cancer than ever, with new technologies expanding the available options.

Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in men. According to the Irish Cancer Society, around 4,000 men in Ireland are told they have it every year, and one in six can expect to get it in their lifetimes.

These seem like terrifying statistics. But, says the Irish Cancer Society’s cancer awareness nurse Michelle Lonergan, “the good news is that if detected early and treated promptly, nine out of ten men will survive the disease”.