What are the different types of prostate cancer?

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  1. Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA)
     
    Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) answered:
    The prostate is a walnut-sized organ that surrounds the urethra; it produces a fluid that becomes part of semen. More than 99 percent of prostate cancers develop in the gland cells. This type of prostate cancer is called adenocarcinoma.

    More rarely, prostate cancer originates in other tissues of the prostate, which is called a sarcoma.
    The prostate is a walnut-sized organ that surrounds the urethra; it produces a fluid that becomes part of semen. More than 99 percent of prostate cancers develop in the gland cells. This type of prostate cancer is called adenocarcinoma.... More