Can men have prostate cancer in more than one area?

Can men have prostate cancer in more than one area?

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...

Yes, really the entire gland is at risk for cancer. We make the diagnosis of prostate cancer by doing what's called a needle biopsy. We basically sample prostate tissue throughout the gland and look to see where this cancer resides. Sometimes however, even when a biopsy from a certain area shows no cancer, there still can be some cancer immediately adjacent to that area.