What are the different stages of prostate cancer?

What are the different stages of prostate cancer?

Mark Vogel (Board Certified Urologist) gives expert video advice on: What is a 'prostate pathology report'?; What is prostate cancer 'staging'?; What are the different stages of prostate cancer? and more...

Generally, we look at if there is prostate cancer. Is it confined to the prostate? Is it limited, for example, to one side or both sides? Are there multiple areas of prostate cancer, and has it spread to adjacent organs? We assign a letter or a number to the different stages to denote whether it's localized to the prostate, or spread beyond.