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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. Continue reading ‘Signs and Treatment for Prostate Cancer’ »

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. Continue reading ‘Signs of Prostate Cancer – Vital Details Regarding Prostate’ »