Prostate Cancer and Treatment Prostate cancer is a disease that progresses slowely, but is the second deadliest among men. However, in the past ten years reasearchers have found important new treatments and technology to help cure prostate cancer. Prostate problems are most common in men fifty and older. Most can be treated successfully without harming sexual function. A Urologist is the kind of doctor most qualified to diagnose and treat many prostate problems. Though patients still face difficult decisions and must go through a trying recovery process, they have a much better chance of recovering than they used to