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Most early prostate cancer causes no symptoms and may be detected by abnormalities in the PSA and DRE evaluations. However, you need to know that the signs and symptoms of prostate cancer may include:

Frequent urination

Weakening or slowing of your urinary stream

Impotence

Pain in the pelvis, hips, spine, or ribs
These signs and symptoms may also be present in other condition such as BPH, so it is important to evaluated your prostate with a PSA test and/or DRE and consider other risk factors mentioned above, such as age, race, and family history.























Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine
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