Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Prostate Cancer

Guideline Number: 8

Publication Date: June 2015

Clinical Update: April 2025

The new Active Surveillance section of the NCEC National Clinical Guideline No. 8 Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Prostate Cancer is available on the NCCP website.

Please note the new Active Surveillance section (2025) supersedes the recommendations of the Active Surveillance section within the NCEC National Clinical Guideline No. 8 Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Prostate Cancer (2015).

If you wish to see a copy of the complete originally published NCEC guideline for clinical reasons, please contact the HSE National Cancer Control Programme at info@cancercontrol.ie.

If you require the complete originally published NCEC guideline for any other reason (e.g. research etc) please contact the Clinical Effectiveness Unit in the Department of Health at ncec@health.gov.ie.

Clinical Update: June 2022

The new diagnostic section of the NCEC National Clinical Guideline No. 8 Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Prostate Cancer is available on the NCCP website.

Please note the new diagnostic section (2022) supersedes the recommendations of the diagnostic section within the NCEC National Clinical Guideline No. 8 Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Prostate Cancer (2015).

If you wish to see a copy of the complete originally published NCEC guideline for clinical reasons, please contact the HSE National Cancer Control Programme at info@cancercontrol.ie.

If you require the complete originally published NCEC guideline for any other reason (e.g. research etc) please contact the Clinical Effectiveness Unit in the Department of Health at ncec@health.gov.ie.