Are there different types of prostate cancer?

Are there different types of prostate cancer?

Mark Vogel (Board Certified Urologist) gives expert video advice on: What is prostate cancer?; What does the prostate do?; Where is the prostate? and more...

There are. Far and away, however, the most common type is a cell type called adnocarcenomia, which means it derives from glands. Some other cancers which we see sometimes in prostate cancer actually originate from other organs such as the bladder.