Abstract
If cure is necessary, is it possible and if cure is possible, is it necessary?’ -Willet F. Whitmore Defined broadly, prostate cancer has two states: An indolent histological manifestation of a locally proliferative and invasive process or a clinically relevant, potentially lethal disease. Likewise, the management of clinically localized prostate cancer must address two questions: what sort of disease is this and what needs to be done.