Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States.

The prostate is a male reproductive organ that’s main function is to produce prostatic fluid. The prostatic fluid is an alkaline fluid secreted by the prostate gland during ejaculation that forms part of the semen. The size of the prostate can change as a man ages. In younger men, it is about the size of a walnut, but it can be much larger in older men and is located below the neck of the bladder.

Almost all prostate cancers are adenocarcinomas, which grow slowly. Studies show that many older men who died of other causes also had prostate cancer that never affected them during their lives.

Prostate Cancer Screening

We recommend our patients have a routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening lab draw starting at age 50 — earlier for those with a family history of prostate cancer.

Learn more about PSA screening.

You will need an order from your primary care provider. Don’t have a primary care provider?

Why Choose Mercy's Hall-Perrine Cancer Center to Treat Prostate Cancer

• Our Prostate Multidisciplinary Clinic brings experts together from both Mercy Urology Clinic and Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. This collaborative approach is the first in the state that is dedicated to prostate cancer survivorship that includes the urology and radiation oncology teams, along with dietitians, physical therapists and genetics as part of the treatment team. Learn more.
• State of the art staging with PSMA PET-CT scanner to detect cancer and pinpoint the location of where it may have spread
• Advanced radiation therapy simulation planning system and ability to target cancer with only five treatments.
• MRI-Guided Biopsy
• Focal Therapy - sexual function preservation

• Advanced radiation therapy simulation planning system and ability to target cancer with only five treatments.