• PSA test - its an blood test which measures the protein present in the prostate.

• Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) - in this doctor inserts gloved, lubricated finger into rectum to feel the roughness or irregular unevenness of the tissue.

• Biopsy - in this a small tissue is taken with the help of fine needle and is examined with the help of microscope to see the cells if they are malignant.

• Gleason scores - it accounts for the five distinct patterns that prostate tumour cells grow scale runs from 1 to 5 where 1 represents cells which are very nearly normal and 5 represents cells that don’t much look like prostate cells.

• Transrectal ultrasonography - it is a type of ultrasound in which a tube is inserted into rectum with a sound waves to produce a better image of the prostate.

• MRI Scan - it shows cross sectional image of prostate gland with the help of computerized picture made by magnetic fields.