A patient with prostate cancer will need Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test to monitorizing, also if the Cancer is newly diagnosed he´ll need a Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT) scan to help us to grade the stage of the Cancer, also a biopsy to help us to know the type of cancer. About treatment there are different ways, a radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP), radioterapy and monitorizing tests like bone gammagraphy, CAT, etc.
True anything inhaled into the lungs can have similar negative side effects.