Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Cancer occurs when cells of the prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize) from the prostate to other parts of the body, especially the bones and lymph nodes. Prostate cancer may cause pain, difficulty in urinating, erectile dysfunction and other symptoms.

Rates of prostate cancer vary widely across the world. Although the rates vary widely between countries, it is least common in South and East Asia, more common in Europe, and most common in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is least common among Asian men and most common among black men with figures for European men in-between. However, these high rates may be affected by increasing rates of detection.

Prostate cancer develops most frequently in men over fifty. This cancer can only occur in men, as the prostate is exclusively of the male reproductive tract. It is the most common type of cancer in men in the United States, where it is responsible for more male deaths than any other cancer, except lung cancer. However, many men who develop prostate cancer never have symptoms thus undergo no therapy, and eventually die of other causes. Many factors, including genetics and diet, have been implicated in the development of prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer is most often discovered by physical examination or by screening blood tests, such as the PSA (prostate specific antigen) test. There is some current concern about the accuracy of the PSA test and its usefulness. Suspected prostate cancer is typically confirmed by removing a piece of the prostate (biopsy) and examining it under a microscope. Further tests, such as X-rays and bone scans, may be performed to determine whether prostate cancer has spread.

Prostate cancer can be treated with surgery, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, occasionally chemotherapy, or some combination of these. The age and underlying health of the man as well as the extent of spread, appearance under the microscope, and response of the cancer to initial treatment are important in determining the outcome of the disease. Since prostate cancer is a disease of older men, many will die of other causes before the prostate cancer can spread or cause symptoms. This makes treatment selection difficult. The decision whether or not to treat localized prostate cancer (a tumor that is contained within the prostate) with curative intent is a patient trade-off between the expected beneficial and harmful effects in terms of patient survival and quality of life.

READ MORE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_ca…|||Prostate cancer: An uncontrolled (malignant) growth of cells in the prostate gland which is located at the base of the urinary bladder and is responsible for helping control urination as well as forming part of the semen. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death of males in the U.S.|||Obviously Dr Dee is not an MD, else he might know a tad bit more anatomy. Stupid answer. Also, stupid question - what exactly do you want to know aside from the obvious. Do you mean to tell us that you have no idea what prostate cancer is? CANCER of the, oh I don%26#039;t know, PROSTATE. What is your real question?|||Try this link

www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/|||Check out the below link.|||Prostate cancer

Definition

Prostate cancer is a disease where cells of the prostate become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors.

Description

Prostate cancer is a malignancy of one of the major male sex glands. Along with the testicles and the seminal vesicles, the prostate secretes the fluid that makes up semen. The prostate is about the size of a walnut and lies just behind the urinary bladder. A tumor in the prostate interferes with proper control of the bladder and normal sexual functioning. Often the first symptom of prostate cancer is difficulty in urinating. However, because a very common, non-cancerous condition of the prostate, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also causes the same problem, difficulty in urination is not necessarily due to cancer.

Cancerous cells within the prostate itself are generally not deadly on their own. However, as the tumor grows, some of the cells break off and spread to other parts of the body through the lymph or the blood, a process known as metastasis. The most common sites for prostate cancer to metastasize are the seminal vesicles, the lymph nodes, the lungs, and various bones around the hips and the pelvic region. The effects of these new tumors are what can cause death-.|||Male cancer which starts from man%26#039;s penis.

How can one ease these sweats,they are very heavy.|||Your Dr has given you a medicine that changes your hormone function and this hormone change causes symptoms similar to those a woman in menopause might experience. I would not use the wild yams without checking with your oncologist first because this might change your hormone levels and that might be counterproductive to your cancer treatment.

My suggestion is that you join the Association of Online Cancer Resources (ACOR) group for prostate cancer patients and caregivers. I%26#039;m sure you are not the first to ask this question since your symptoms are quite common in the treatment of prostate cancer. You could read through their Archives or ask your questions directly to others going through the exact same Zoladex treatment. This group currently has 1328 members and may be accessed here.

http://listserv.acor.org/archives/prosta…

Here is more info on Zoladex side effects.

http://www.zoladex.net/

http://www.prostateinfo.com/

good luck|||try the health food store

they have Wild Yam Creme that works good

%26quot;In certain cases, it appears that the risk of prostate cancer is passed on to males in the family. The younger the family member is when he is diagnosed with prostate cancer, the higher the risk is for male relatives to have prostate cancer at a younger age. The risk also increases with the number of relatives affected with prostate cancer.%26quot;|||Yes, it runs in families: hereditary.|||Family history is one of the factors considered when assessing the risk of having prostate cancer.

Read through this it tells you loads of info. Get well soon xx|||Radiotherapy is the use of x-rays and similar rays (such as electrons) to treat disease.

Since the discovery of x-rays over one hundred years ago, radiation has been used more and more in medicine, both to help with diagnosis (by taking pictures with x-rays), and as a treatment (radiotherapy). While radiation obviously has to be used very carefully, doctors and radiographers have a lot of experience in its use in medicine.

Many people with cancer will have radiotherapy as part of their treatment. This can be given either as external radiotherapy from outside the body using x-rays or from within the body as internal radiotherapy.

Radiotherapy works by destroying the cancer cells in the treated area. Although normal cells are also sometimes damaged by the radiotherapy, they can repair themselves.

Radiotherapy treatment can cure some cancers and can reduce the chance of a cancer coming back after surgery. It may be used to reduce cancer symptoms.

Some people find that the side effects are very mild and that they just feel tired during their course of radiotherapy treatment.|||i HOPE EVERY THING WORKS OUT FOR YOU. MY DAD HAD THIS LAST YEAR BUT OPTED FOR HIS PROSTATE TO BE REMOVED. They have allsorts of info for you inc radiotherapy. I have raised over £1000 this year for Prostate Cancer, its close to my heart. Get well soon.|||my dad had this, the hospital drew indelibly on his body where the radiotherapy machine was to aim for, then it was like sunburn, but the worst side effect for him was because it irritated part of his bowel (between skin and prostate) it caused diarohhea. Also the tiredness (but he was in his late 70%26#039;s!) is cumulative.

Hope you get better soonest! Good luck|||As opposed to giving the google answer for radiotherapy i see so often on here, i%26#039;ll answer your actual question.

You will be seen by the clinical oncologist, as it appears you already have been. They will tell you in what fractions your dose will be delivered. In some cases this is on a weekly basis, in other cases, as a week long daily treatment with breaks (weekends)in between(this is the most common type, and may last for several weeks), depending on the results they expect to achieve, as well as the size and shape of the prostate.

You will be tattoo%26#039;d with dots on the skin to help orientate the equipment each day you attend. The machine the radiotherapy is given on is not dissimilar in size to the CT scanner you%26#039;ll be familiar with. You will not notice the radiation has been given, and will be able to move off the table in around a minute, very much like a normal x-ray.

For most of the weeks, you should be side effect free, but the last 2-3 weeks often see a increased need to urinate and to pass tools as the two structures closest to the prostate are the rectum and bladder.

I wish you all the best.|||you Will need around 28-30 tx,they only radiate the pelvic field area,you will have bowel/bladder problems going thru tx,you will feel tired,tx is given mon-fri x around 6wks,you will only lose hair in pelvic region,can have burn like effects to skin in pelvic region,tx daily take about 10mins or less.you may also have nausea/vomiting|||It depends how good the radiation therapist is and how modern the equipment is. At our hospital, we use radioactive bead implants and its fairly easy on the pt. They put you to sleep and inject the radiation right into you prostate thru the rectum or peritoneum. It takes a urologist and a radiation doctor to do this in surgery. They are pretty quick and the pt goes home in 24 hours.

Syptoms of prostate cancer include

increased frequency of urination

difficulty urinating

painful ejaculation

blood in urine or semen

painful urination

raised PSA, prostate specific antigen

there are no set timelines for symptoms to appear, some people may experience many of these sypmtoms while others may not. The risk of prostate cancer increases with age and peaks at around 50. If someone is experiencing any of these symptoms they should contact their GP. obviuosly raised PSA is not something you can tell but if you ask you GP he can takesome blood and perform a PSA test. This is the best indicator for prosate cancer|||No not always. Some men may have symptoms of an enlarged prostate while for most men they have no symptoms and the first sign of it is when the doc feels the prostate rectally and does a PSA blood test. The problem with that is lots of men do not get yearly physicals as they hate the doc so by time they do see a doc it more advanced.|||This can vary. My husband had a very low PSA. The only symptom…increased and frequent urination. During his physical the doctor felt a slight mass, recommend a biopsy and found he had cancer. Fortunately it was contained to the prostate and his surgery was successful and he is now cancer free. However, his Gleason score indicated he had an aggressive type of cancer. Men….get your DRE annually! It may not be pleasant but it saved my husband.|||By the time prostate cancer manifests symptoms, it%26#039;s already very advanced. Sometimes PCa is associated with benign enlargement, which is why urinary symptoms have been mentioned. But the two conditions are independent. The only sure means of early detection is to have an annual exam.

It depends on what stage it is in or how much it has spread. Sometimes they can treat it with surgery or chemo/radiation therapy. If you catch it really late, and it has spread, yes it can be fatal.|||Only in men.|||Yes, seeing as how it is CANCER.|||yes|||Yes, it usually affects older men.|||yes ..that is why we need to find a cure…http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/|||advanced prostate cancer can cause death—–

by spreading to body organs by blood stream or by causing renal failure[by blocking both ureters].

some cancers grow very slow and may not cause trouble,while the person dies of unrelated causes.

with timely treatment[surgery+radiotherapy/hormone tt] long survival is possible.|||yes, if not caught soon enough, and treated. The main thing, like any cancer, is having check ups and having early intervention.

i think that i get that mental sickness where you hear about something and you think that you have it. And it burns when i pee sometimes so i was just wundering. Thank you|||Prostate cancer usually happens in men after the age of 50. It is the result of a lifelong stimulation by the androgen DHT (10x more powerful than testosterone) that causes your prostate to grow beyond practical size (that%26#039;s called bening prostate hyperplasia, or BPH), cause trouble when you pee, and sometimes develops into a cancer.

If it is discovered on time, and is not too aggressive, it is usually a manageable cancer that requires you to take medication called antiandrogen for the rest of your life. My great uncle has had this, and it has been stable for over 10 years (He%26#039;s over 90, and will most probably die of something completely unrelated).

I%26#039;ve never heard of prostate cancer in a teen. If you have those symptoms, I suspect they have another, hrmm, hrmm, explanation entirely. Like, it would be a good idea to have yourself checked for STDs… Or it might just be a urinary tract infection.

They don%26#039;t really know. My uncle had it. I had it.

I have 2 older brothers and they don%26#039;t have it.

They really don%26#039;t know what causes it. The numbers show it runs higher with Black men and in Family numbers.|||Yes.

I had a psa of 3.6, with a 3+3=6 Gleason score, and TC1 tumor score, at 51 years old. My chances of survival after the prostechomy are 85%-90%.

Your gleason score and tumor, and what you do to cure your cancer, determine you chances of survival. There are extensive tables on the subject.|||Not in every case, depending on the stage. My father was operated on fairly early and the cancer removed. He must go for yearly checkups.|||no way I used to work in a medical centre 10 years ago now and men I knew then diagnosed with prostte cancer are still alive now.|||Prognosis for prostate cancer is excellent if detected early. And do not accept a single doctors recommendation as they are about 5 accepted treatments depending on the stage and tppe of cancer.|||No. Get a second opinion and follow the combined doctor%26#039;s recommendations.

I know many cancer survivors that are living healthy, productive lives. Get treated NOW though, as it is not something that you can take your time with.

the world is getting ****** literally. If you are letting your spouse or girlfriend stick objects or their finger in your booty you are at risk. Does your wife work around ink pens, does she wash her hands, well if not you need to get checked. Real men are virgins, if you lost your virginity to a finger or any object you are loosing your manlyhood to humanity……………respect the manhood|||Prostate cancer has nothing to do with inserting objects into your rear end. Although scientists haven%26#039;t narrowed down exactly what causes it, there is evidence that in 1 out of 10 men with prostate cancer there is a defective gene that is inherited. Also higher testosterone levels can increase the risk for prostate cancer. Diet, environment, and genetics are other risk factors. Manhood has nothing to do with rectal stimulation, and ink pens do not cause prostate cancer. Real men know the facts before they make ignorant comments. Also, real men are alright enough with their sexuality to know that manhood isn%26#039;t something lost with prostate stimulation.|||You are a prostate.|||thank you for sharing….what was the question ?|||No.|||Actually stimulation of the prostate gland reduces the risk…. What kind of word is booty in regards to a medical situation?|||what planet are you on???are you on drugs????–if not maybe you should be.|||Then men should likewise wash their hands/penises/mouths

before touching their girlfriend. Especially since when they

sit on the toilet they penises touch the inside of the toilet bowl

Now think of how many time HE has washed EWWWW!! GROSS|||What the? Dude you need a reality check-up! You might get cancer of the brain sticking all those odd thoughts in there.|||LOL! Thanks for the 2 points.