If prostate cancer is detected in its early stage, usually nothing will be done about it, although sometimes a prostactomy or radical radiotherapy may be recommended.

For advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, hormone therapy is instituted as the disease is hormone sensitive. Cryosurgery, which is a controlled freezing process of the prostate gland, may also be favored as it seems to associate with fewer complications. Occasionally, radiotherapy is used to relieve pain caused by secondary cancers in the bones or to shrink obstructions in the lymphatic or urinary systems.