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Any non-surgical treatment would be considered the safest treatment for prostate cancer, but it depends on how severe the cancer has spread. it would be best to ask your oncologist.
Late stage prostate cancer metasticizes to the bones. This may be the reason.
The treatment for prostate cancer or an enlarged prostate depends on the stage of the cancer or issues with BPH. Some surgeons will recommend removing the prostate and others experienced in more advanced treatments can use robotic surgery to remove the cancer and possibly keeping the prostate intact. A urologist experienced in dealing with prostate cancer and treating enlarged prostate would be able to give you more information and options available.
The ACS reported that nearly 232,000 new cases of prostate cancer would be diagnosed in 2005, causing more than 30,000 deaths, making prostate cancer the second most fatal cancer for men behind lung cancer.
The incidence of prostate cancer increases with age, and though highly unlikely, it is theoretically possible for a teenager to develop prostate cancer. It is basically unheard of for a person under 35 to develop prostate cancer with under 0.1% of prostate cancer diagnoses. For the age group 35-44, the incidence of prostate cancer is about 9 per 1,000,000 men. The average age at diagnosis is 67.
There shouldn't be any connection between the prostate and the eye. It is conceiveable that the cancer could have metasticized to the eye, but I would think it very unlikely.
It can.Any type of cancer can metastasize and spread itself to other locations in the body, including the brain.However, if the prostate cancer is stopped before it spreads than no; just having cancer in the prostate will not affect the brain; it would need to metastasize and spread to the brain as a tumor before affecting it.
PSA stands for Prostate Specific Antigen. The prostate is constantly renewing itself or growing. At the same time, the body is producing antigens to try to destroy the prostate as if it were a foreign body. The faster the prostate produces new cells, the faster the body produces PSA.. If there is a cancer in the prostate, the cancer cells are prostate cells, but they are produced much faster than normal prostate cells. As a result, when the man has prostate cancer, it can be detected by measuring his PSA. The PSA reading must be compared to the individual's normal PSA reading to know whether he has prostate cancer. When a prostate cancer is being treated, the PSA reading can be compared to earlier PSA readings to determine whether the cancer is receding or growing. A PSA of 6 is rather high and probably indicates there is prostate cancer growth.
Prostate cancer itself does not cause infertility, but rather the removal of the prostate gland can effect a male's ability to father a child naturally. He can still father a child via Invitro Fertilization. Medical research has shown that Infertility can increase the chances of developing prostate cancer.
An MRI is one of the tests that can be used to show possible abnormalities with the structure of the prostate and surrounding tissues. Further tests such as biopsies would be used to confirm cancer.
No. Prostate cancer affects the prostate, and breast cancer affects the breasts. They affect different types of cells, and the cells have different types of changes.
A persons Prostate may be removed for a few reasons. The main reason is generally due to Cancer. It can be a partial removal or total.