| Prostate cancer occurs at a gland of the male | | | | the use of physical examination and or thru other |
| reproductive system. This cancer may cause pain for | | | | symptoms. The use of screening thru prostate |
| the patient and at the same time can cause some | | | | specific antigen may not be that accurate so if a |
| inconvenience and difficulty in urinating and can be a | | | | doctor suspects that its prostate cancer, then a |
| reason as well for erectile dysfunction. This cancer | | | | biopsy of the prostate may be needed and this will |
| develops the moment the cells on the prostate gland | | | | be examined under the microscope. There are other |
| mutate and multiply out of control. These cells can | | | | tests involved in order to determine if the cancer has |
| then spread to other parts of the body like the | | | | already spread and these tests include CT scans and |
| lymph nodes and the bones. This type of cancer is | | | | bone scans. The treatment of this cancer involves a |
| most common in the United States and least | | | | number of ways and this list usually includes watchful |
| common in countries of South and East Asia. And | | | | waiting, surgery and radiation therapy. The treatment |
| based on the research of the American Cancer | | | | list can also include High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, |
| Society, this type of cancer is more common to | | | | chemotherapy, cryosurgery or hormonal therapy. |
| black men and least common on Asian men. The | | | | Watchful waiting is often used on the patient who |
| prostate cancer develops on men that are over fifty | | | | has the early stage of the cancer. |
| and this disease is considered as well as the most | | | | Surgery is the removal of the prostate and this is a |
| common type of cancer for men in the US and this is | | | | common treatment as well for early stage cancer. |
| also responsible for the more male deaths in country | | | | Surgery is also used on the patient that failed to |
| with the exception of lung cancer. | | | | respond to radiation therapy. Radiation therapy is |
| This type of cancer is a slow-growing disease or | | | | used to treat all stages of the cancer. The |
| develops slowly. So men who have this disease at | | | | cryosurgery on the other hand is the method which |
| times never develop the symptoms that are | | | | the gland is exposed to freezing temperature. The |
| associated with the disease, and these men don't | | | | use of medication makes use of medication or |
| undergo therapy and most of the time their deaths | | | | surgery as well in order to block the cells from |
| will be of other causes. Usually men over sixty that | | | | getting DHT, so that the growth of these cells will |
| has prostate cancer will die of other unrelated causes | | | | stop. |
| like heart/circulatory disease, pneumonia and other | | | | The choice of the best option of treatment may |
| unrelated cancers. Usually this cancer develops due to | | | | depend on the actual stage of the disease, its |
| genetics and diet as well. | | | | Gleason score and the PSA level as well. Other |
| Treatment For Prostate Cancer | | | | factors that are considered include the age of the |
| This cancer is often discovered on patients thru | | | | patient, general health and his feelings toward the |
| screening thru prostate specific antigen and less thru | | | | many treatment options. |