The risk of prostate cancer rises with age. It is better for men to do checkups for this after the age of 40 to know if they are prone to development of prostate cancer. The usual tests used are PSA and surgical biopsies. This disease is slow growing and in many cases, especially in men after the age of 70 there is a greater risk to die of other causes than of prostate cancer. In the early stages prostate cancer can be cured using classic methods of treatment such as hormonal treatment, SARM treatment, and others

The alternative and complementary medicines are spreading among patients suffering from prostate cancer, maybe because the cost of this treatment is lower than the classic ones but in many cases can have a devastator effect for a person. It can make the situation of a patient worse not better. Many people believe that this treatment can't have secondary effect as in the case of chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Many times they might be wrong because on itself an alternative therapy can't produce side effect. Think about acupuncture or vitamin supplements, but when this treatment is used without the knowledge of an expert it could lead to fatal effects. The testing done to find out the stage of the cancer before going to alternative method of treatment is a must. If the prostate cancer is in advanced stage and has metastasized there is no treatment classic or alternative. The alternative methods strive maybe because the prostate cancer is slow growing and by the time the patient will die he will not notice his condition has got worse.

Experts in the treatment of prostate cancer are publishing studies about the effects of alternative treatment in advanced forms of prostate cancer. Many herbal products can contain ingredients that shouldn’t be used by people suffering prostate cancer. Saw palmetto is not recommended for prostate cancer even though it is a good treatment for enlarged prostate and urinary problems

The most common dietary CAM treatments for prostate are garlic, vitamin E, vitamin D, antioxidants, saw palmetto. Non dietary CAM treatments are meditation, prayer, music therapy, relaxation techniques. The patients who are going to use CAM methods should talk to their doctors to find information about which ingredients from their CAM treatment interfere with the medication of classic treatment.

It will be foolish to give up on the classic treatment according to doctors. There are no strict regulations for dietary supplements as for medications. The recommendation of experts is that the patients and doctors speak more about alternative medicine and their effects on the evolution of prostate cancer. There are also dietary products with aggressive advertising that can give false hope to the prostate cancer patients. Their doctors should warn them about any alternative treatment that can aggravate the evolution of this disease.

Because FDA doesn't have so strict rules about products that are marketed for alternative treatment as dietary treatments people should inform themselves before buying and using such products. Check alternative sources of information to find all there is to know about a product. Their sell agents will tell that the product is the best and works without any complication just to sell, maybe there will be honest sales agents that will warn the buyer about side effect.