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Prostate cancer
Cancer developes diseases that affect the cells from body tissues and organs.
Cells normally grow and divide in a controlled way, but sometimes, this process gets out of control and the cells divide to form an abnormal growth called a tumour.
Tumours can be benign or malignant.
A benign tumour is not cancerous as the abnormal cells do not invade other tissues or parts of the body.
An example of cells grow into a benign tumor is BHP.
A malignant tumour is cancerous as cells continue their division in an uncontrolled way and have the powerto invade nearby
tissues and parts of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system.
What prostate cancer is?
Prostate cancer is a condition where abnormal grow and division cells within the prostate result in a tumour.
In many men are common small areas of cancerous cells in the prostate. For many men, these cancer cells may be very slow growing
and will never develope problems or life-threatening. It is estimated that about one in four men over the age of 50 may have
a small area of cancer cells within the prostate.
Prostate cancer statistics
Prostate cancers occurs predominantly in older men; the median age at diagnosis is 72 years. White men have a lower incidence than black men.
The cause of the deisease is unknown, but the incidence significantly varies by geographic region. This is an important indication that there
are environmental factors that may breack out the disease. For example, men in China and Japan have a low rate of prostate cancer, but the
incidence rises in Chinese and Japanese male population living to the United States.
The fear of having prostate cancer can be devastating for men.
Despite of wide incidence it is most successfully treated when found early.
According to American Cancer Society statistics, even though is discovered in localized stage, the five-year survival rate is 100 percent.
Much more, 68 percent survive beyond 10 years and 52 percent survive beyond 15 years
Treatment
The initial treatment for most patients with localized tumors is surgical removal of the prostate gland (prostatectomy). Localized prostate cancer can often be cured this way
despite possible side effects of urinary incontinence and impotence. After surgery, a repeated blood test for protein-specific antigen can indicate whether any cancer remains.
Treatment options include
- external-beam radiation,
- implantation of radioactive isotopes,
- palliative surgery.
- hormonal manipulation by giving estrogens or other drugs,
- cryosurgery, destroying the tumor by freezing.
NOTE: The Information on this site is provided for information only, and is not meant to substitute for
the advice of your own physician or other medical professional.
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