I agree that prostate cancer is a really big threat to lots of men worldwide, especially lots of the African American men in the United States and all black men all over the world. But we should also be happy with the improvement made in medical science in trying to deal with it. There are now way better ways to detect and diagnose the condition in good time. This article looks at one of the ways to test for the condition – Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Test.

You see, if you or a loved one is diagnosed with prostate cancer, then getting the right treatment should be your next line of action. If your doctor carries out series of tests to diagnose your condition, one of these tests will be the Prostate Specific Antigen test. It is a blood test conducted to determine the level of the PSA (protein produced specifically by the prostate gland) in the blood. An elevated level of PSA in the blood could mean that you have prostate cancer. (more…)

Prostate cancer, the most common type of cancer in males over the age of 50, has many treatment options available through the field of urology. If you or your spouse has this condition, you should learn all you can about the effectiveness, risks, and potential side effects of the various treatments offered to you.

Watchful Waiting

Because many prostate cancers grow quite slowly, some doctors will recommend that their patients wait to pursue treatment. This is known as watchful waiting. While they are waiting, patients will be carefully monitored by the urology department at their clinic or hospital. This allows the doctor to take action if the cancer begins to grow.

Radiation

Radiation destroys prostate cancer from the inside out. To treat prostate cancer, your urologist will place tiny radioactive particles, or seeds, inside the prostate gland. As these seeds send radiation into the tissue, it then destroys the gland and its cancer. Eventually the seeds lose their radioactive nature, and they remain inside the body for the remainder of the patients life. (more…)

Prostate cancer became one of the most dangerous types of cancer at this present moment. Men are the only victims of this type of disease because it generally occurs on their prostate organ. Although this type of ailment is very much popular to the whole world, the medical experts and cancer specialists are still in doubt with regard to the origins and symptoms of cancer.

A wide and systematic study has been conducted in order to trace the origins of this type of cancer. The study also includes the current statistics of prostate cancer. It has been found out that genetics and the environment or lifestyle of a person is the essential factors that trigger this form of cancer to occur. It also very alarming to discover that even young adults could also be the victims of such type of cancer.

Since prostate cancer have already managed to cause so much pain to its victims, several organizations are calling the attention of the public to support their campaigns against the negative effects of this kind of cancer. These organizations are mainly composed of people who managed to survive from such disease. Their main goal is to inform and convince the public about the harmful effects of this strain of cancer. They are also encouraging the public to be more responsible with their health. They often advised their members to undergo several medical check-ups in order for their doctors to monitor their current condition. (more…)

Prostate cancer is often found by doctors before men show any symptoms or signs of the disease. Signs are different from symptoms in a way that signs are detected by doctors through physical examinations and laboratory work. Symptoms, on the other hand, are what patients can see and feel.

Prostate Cancer Signs

• Prostate size or shape is abnormal. The presence of bumps in the prostate can be detected during a rectal examination.

• Increased PSA levels – If there is an elevation in the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels, this can be a sign of cancer, but not definitive, as there may be other causes of PSA level elevation.

• Enlargement of the bladder – This can be detected through physical examination or ultrasound and MRI. Doctors would be looking for enlargement and the restriction of urine. (more…)

Introduction To Cesium Therapy

Cesium therapy, also called cesium high pH therapy, for treating cancer was discovered in the 1970s. Scientific research that led to this discovery goes back to the 1930s. The key to this protocol is alkalizing the tumor environment with the use of cesium. It may be the simplest natural cancer cure known.

The purpose of this article is to provide a scientist’s views of cesium high pH therapy for treating cancer, as a different perspective for helping you decide whether to use this protocol. However, the information here is not a how-to for using it on your own. There is no single protocol for everyone, since different cancers, cancer stages, and personal treatment histories vary widely from one person to the next. Your best strategy is to decide on whether you are going to use this protocol, then get treatment advice from a medical professional (see below).

History Of Cesium Therapy

The history of cesium therapy as a natural cancer cure is already well known and widely available on the internet. Key researchers have published their explanations and results on why it works and how well it works in clinical settings. As of this writing, a Google search returns 845,000 page hits on cesium therapy and 19,300 page hits on cesium high pH therapy. The vast majority of these pages just repeat each other, so you do not have to read very many of them to get a good historical perspective. (more…)

It can be easy to mistake a prostate cancer symptom for symptoms of less critical conditions like enlarged prostate (BPH) or prostatitis. In most cases, a doctor is the first one to detect signs of cancer, usually during a routine exam. That’s the reason why you should see your doctor if you’re experiencing any of these symptoms:

- Difficulty in urinating or holding urine

- The urge to urinate frequently, particularly at night

- An intermittent or weak urine flow

- Burning or painful urination

- Blood in urine or semen

- Difficulty in achieving erections or painful ejaculations

- Frequent stiffness or pain in the lower back, upper thighs, or hips

There are also a variety of factors that can influence the risk of developing cancer of the prostate, which affects one in six American men and makes it the most common type of non-skin cancer. These risk factors include:

Age. As men age, the risk of developing prostate cancer rises. The odds for men under 40 being diagnosed with prostate cancer are roughly between 1 – 10,000. However, as men approach the 40 – 59 year range, the risk increases to 1 in 38. For men between 60 – 69, the rate jumps sharply to between 1 – 15. (more…)

Prostate is a gland which has a shape like a walnut responsible in the production of semen. The gland is located beneath the bladder surrounding the lower portion of urethra, the tube which drains the urine coming from the urinary bladder. As the prostate cancer develops, the prostate expands and compresses the urethra which results into various troubles with urination.

Majority of men undergo a second stage of prostate development if they reach the age of forty and above. During this stage, the cells in inner part of the prostate gland reproduce more quickly than normal. As the tissues enlarge, they frequently compress the urethra then block partially the flow of urine. Benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH affects around fifty percent of men aged sixty and approximately eighty percent of men 80 years old and above. BPH is not cancerous.

If prostate tumor develops, it can stay within the prostate or scatter outside the gland. If the cancer scatters from its principal location into the other parts of the human body, the newly developed tumor has similar abnormal cells like the primary tumor. (more…)

Prostate cancer, being one of the common cancers that happen in men, has indeed caused an alarm to those who are and who will be affected. Knowledge about prostate cancer treatment is indeed important so that possible patients will know about the methods that will be used in order to treat this kind of cancer. The use of radiation is one of the methods being adapted by experts to cure and alleviate not only that of prostate cancer symptoms but also other types of cancer.

Radiation therapy can be delivered in two ways, internally or externally. It depends upon the choice of the patient and the decision of the doctor when it comes to the severity of the tumor that needs to be treated with radiation. During delivery, the personnel must be protected. The amount of exposure to harmful radiation effects is directly proportional to the length of time of exposure, the distance from the radiation source, and the use of shields containing lead like the walls, aprons or movable shields which absorb the radioactive rays and decrease exposure to their harmful effects. (more…)

One of the most common treatments administered to mesothelioma patients is chemotherapy. The doctor may recommend drugs that he thinks will be best for you. Cisplatin is among the most effective drugs that have been in use for cancer treatment for more than thirty years. Often it is used with other drugs as a combination regimen for chemotherapy.

By forming a platinum complex, Cisplatin works effectively to cross-link DNA and cause a systematic death of cells. This treatment is normally administered intravenously in combination with Alimta every twenty-one days in a treatment center or a hospital. The doctor determines how many sessions the patient should undergo as per the reaction to the drugs and its side effects. (more…)

Malignant mesothelioma is the cancer of the mesothelium. Mesothelium is the protective lining that covers most of the internal organs of the body. The most common type is pleural mesothelioma. Pleural mesothelioma is the cancer of the linings of the lungs. We also have peritoneal mesothelioma, endothelial mesothelioma, e.t.c.

Just like any cancer, treatment of malignant mesothelioma depends on location of the cancer, age of the patients, extent of the cancer and overall health status of the mesothelioma patient. (more…)