What is prostate cancer? The pros...

What is prostate cancer?

The prostate is a gland that alone men have. It surrounds a part of the tube that carries urine from the bladder without of the body (see figure below). Prostate cancer happens when enclosed spaces in this gland grow revealed of control and clump together to form tumors. These tumors can kill your body's healthy tissues and spread to other parts of your body

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Who finishs prostate cancer?

the same out of six men will secure prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is ground most often in men older than 65 years. Black men are more likely to finish prostate cancer than white, Asian, or Hispanic men If someone in your family (especially your father or brother) had prostate cancer, you have a greater risk of getting it.

What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?

If you have early prostate cancer, you may not have any symptoms. As the cancer make improvements you might have painful urination and line in the urine. If you have advanced prostate cancer, you may have pain in your hips and lower back.

in what way can my doctor tell if I have prostate cancer?

Sometimes, prostate cancer can be felt during a rectal exam. Your doctor also may do a descendants test to check your horizontals of prostate-specific antigen (also called PSA). A high PSA of the same height may mean that you have prostate cancer. if it be not that some men have high PSA on a levels because they have a large prostate. The sole sure way to know if you have prostate cancer is to have a biopsy (a touchstone done on a small sample of the prostate).

in what way is prostate cancer treated?

Prostate cancer can be treated with surgery or radiation therapy. Another option is "watchful waiting." This means that you do not do anything to treat the cancer however see your doctor regularly. Older men and men with slow-growing cancer may pitch upon watchful waiting. Men with faster-growing cancer should consider surgery or radiation. If the cancer has spread to other parts of your material part treatment will not cure the cancer.

What can I expect?

Patients with slow-growing cancer can await to live as long as men who do not have cancer. principally patients with slow- growing cancer will in no degree have symptoms. Patients with faster-growing cancer are at more risk of having symptoms and dying from prostate cancer. Surgery and radiation are equally proper treatments. Patients can live for many years with no cancer symptoms after treatment. further most patients will have long-term side weights from treatment. These include leaking of urine and stool, painful bowel motions and trouble getting an erection. Talk to your doctor about which treatment is best for you.

Where can I learn more information?

Your doctor.

American Academy of Family Physicians

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American Cancer Society

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National Cancer Institute

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American Urological Association

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National Institutes of Health

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