Prostate cancer is the second most frequent malignancy (after lung cancer) in men worldwide, accounting for 1,276,106 new cases and causing 358,989 deaths (3.8% of all deaths caused by cancer in men) in 20181,2 and incidence expected to double by 2030. In India prostate cancer has an incidence rate of 3.9 per100,000 men, with 25,696 new cases and is responsible for 9% of all cancer related mortality.