Many men will have advanced prostate cancer without any noticeable symptoms. Treatment for these patients is a bit different than for other patients with prostate cancer.

When prostate cancer no longer responds to hormonal therapy, it is called hormone refractory prostate cancer. Learn who's at risk for this stage of disease, and how it's treated.

A recent advance in the treatment of prostate cancer patients who are not responding to hormonal therapy is the use of chemotherapy for a modest increase in survival. Learn why doctors are changing their minds about the value of this type of treatment.

Learn about hormone refractory prostate cancer and the current treatments that have can help improve quality of life.

Prostate cancer can be a relatively tame disease, with many men dying of other causes long before the prostate cancer can ever effect their health. However, in advanced-stage prostate cancer, serious treatment may be needed to prolong one's life and possibly cure someone of this disease.