When cutting it out might be cutting down your options: prostate cancer doesn’t have to mean surgery | Dion Forstner

Men with prostate cancer have the right to be fully informed. But they don't always get a balanced opinion about the best - and least invasive - treatment

If you've just been told you've got prostate cancer then a pretty natural reaction is to want to have the prostate taken out, and to have that done as soon as possible.

Our understandable fear of cancer and a common kneejerk reaction that surgery will be the answer can sometimes get in the way of finding out about the full range of possible treatment options.