something treatment of little radioactive seeds being implanted- does anyone know what the side effects could be, or any other information that could help me understand this?|||You don%26#039;t mention how old your dad is, but was watchful waiting not mention as an option to him, or does he not want to wait and see how it progresses?

A lot of early stage prostate cancers regress on their own, or stop growing. Depending on his age, he might just want to keep an eye on it and do nothing to it for a while. You would be amazed at the amount of people that die with prostate cancer and not of prostate cancer.

Removal of the prostate at this point will be highly disencouraged because of the high risk it invoves, so if he really wants to get rid of the cancer, brachytherapy is a good option.|||not sure on that but i use the supplement called DHEA that u can purchase at any nutrition store and study and research show that it can help with the prostate and strengthen it. not a permanent fix but an alternative to assist.|||I%26#039;m a 60-something with several friends who%26#039;ve done this, and it

has worked in each case. Of course, surgical removal means the cancerous prostate is gone and the cancer with it.

%26quot;Early-stage%26quot;? I%26#039;d go for the radioactive implants. The half-life is quite short, but long enough to do the job.

God Bless

Jim|||Any planting of seeds is not recomended by me, I believe he just needs to ride it out. Expect the worst and hope for the best!! God Bless- Gina|||Of all treatment options , brachytherapy in a good center has less complications.

See the answer to all your doubts in

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/4102…|||radiotherapy treatments has lots of side affects but its the only life saving treatment but these side effects easily gone once the treatment is ended

may god bless ur father a long and healthy life

he will be okay dont worry i will pray for him|||My brother has stage 1, he is 55, and he is having it removed, followed by radiation. This gives him the BEST chance for survival.|||only side effect I was told was the seeds could be xpelled, and he couldnt have prostate removed later. best bet watch and wait. prostate cancer is a slow grower n most cases|||Search for Graviola|||please read information on my page for your dad.|||cayanne peppers have been shown to halt progression of the prostate ca cells!

Yes, PSA can be affected by a lot of matters even without formal %26quot;treatment%26quot; with drugs, though we are not always immediately aware of what%26#039;s causing the change. I remember one in-progress study when I worked in a research center involved eating boiled broccoli! Nevertheless, PSA needs to be watched very closely.

Prostate Cancer Symptoms

If the cancer is caught at its earliest stages, most men will not experience any symptoms. Some men, however, will experience symptoms that might indicate the presence of prostate cancer, including:

A need to urinate frequently, especially at night;

Difficulty starting urination or holding back urine;

Weak or interrupted flow of urine;

Painful or burning urination;

Difficulty in having an erection;

Painful ejaculation;

Blood in urine or semen; or

Frequent pain or stiffness in the lower back, hips, or upper thighs.|||Most patients will never experience symptoms, Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men, other than skin cancer. Some symptoms are a need to urinate frequently, especially at night, Difficulty starting urination or holding back urine, Painful or burning urination, Painful ejaculation, Frequent pain or stiffness in the lower back, hips, or upper thighs.

Hereditary = Risk factors are Age, Family History, Ethnicity, and Diet. Family history is the strongest risk factor for prostate cancer. A man with one close relative (such as a father OR brother) with prostate cancer has twice the risk of developing prostate cancer as a man with no family history. If two close male relatives (such as a brother AND a father) are affected, a man%26#039;s lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer is increased 5 fold.|||There are no early warning signs! A yearly PSA test is all but required for men over 50…elevated PSA can indicate a problem. At the same time, your prostate is palpated by the doc to see if anything abnormal can be felt. This is a very slow growing cancer and if caught very early, has a good prognosis. The propenisty for the cancer is inherited, but because others in your family have had prostate cancer does not mean you will have it..it does mean you have to be on the look out for it, as we all should be. Good luck

so yah can they?|||If they are %26quot;neutered%26quot;, they cannot get testicular cancer because there are NO testicles. They can still get prostate cancer, but the chances are less.|||Without testicles they cannot get testicular cancer (neutering removes both testicles). Neutered males can still get Prostate cancer, but the chances are slim to none.|||As the others have pointed out, a dog can not get testicular cancer if he doesn%26#039;t have testicles. So no, there is absolutely NO chance that a neutered dog could possibly have testicular cancer. Neutered dogs do still have a prostate and therefor CAN develop prostate cancer. However, it is very rare in neutered dogs.|||A dog loses his testiculars when he%26#039;s neutered, so he can%26#039;t get testicular cancer. He can get prostate cancer, but the risk is much lower.

Yes, I said testiculars. It%26#039;s a Jeff Foxworthy thing.|||It cant get testicular cancer because it doesn%26#039;t have any testicles. and it greatly cuts down on the risk of getting prostate cancer.

I don%26#039;t know about raspberries, but you can try tomatoes.

In Italy, men eat 8-10 tomatoes a day, which have very high lipocene (one of those anti-oxidants!) levels, which is associated with helping to prevent prostrate cancer, and the Italians have the lowest rates of prostrate cancer in the world!|||It couldn%26#039;t hurt, but it will take more than just that. You should eat 4 to 5 different fruits every day.

My uncle had prostate cancer. Others here have listed the symptoms, so I won%26#039;t repeat them. In my uncle, it was diagnosed as a result of his normal yearly physical.

His doctor told him that prostate cancer is very slow growing, but they could go in and remove it if he wanted. After asking a lot of questions, and the doctor telling him that at his age at the time (in his 70%26#039;s) that he would most likely die from heart problems or %26quot;natural causes%26quot; before he would die of the cancer, he decided not to do anything.

But the doctor was wrong in his case. He died 3 years later, as a result of the cancer.

It did grow slowly at first, but toward the end it went pretty quickly. His last year he began to have the common symptoms of advanced cancer, but by the last couple of months he was in a lot of pain and discomfort. He was in a hospice facility for about a month before his death so they could medicate him enough to relieve the pain.

Although it is considered a slow growing cancer, my personal opinion, after losing 4 family members to cancer (uterine, protstate, leukemia, and 1 unknown because it was so advanced there were tumors everywhere), and 1 who%26#039;s currently battling it (liver), is don%26#039;t be happy with that answer.

First, if you have not been diagnosed see a doctor ASAP before assuming you have it, and make sure whether or not you do. I say ASAP because every day earlier you catch cancer, the better your chances. If you have already been diagnosed, perhaps obtain a second opinion on whether you should seek treatment now rather than wait. My uncle%26#039;s children now say they wish he had gone ahead and had it removed when it was still contained in the prostate - because he might still be alive today.

The very best of luck to you (or whomever is going through this).|||go to the doctor. an enlarged prostate doesn%26#039;t mean you have cancer. you may have the symptoms of not being able to urinate and that is common in men over 55. you should have a regular physical exam yearly. symptoms vary but unexplained weight loss is big symptom.|||Except for skin cancer, cancer of the prostate is the most common malignancy in American men. It is estimated that nearly 221,000 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. In most men with prostate cancer, the disease grows very slowly. The majority of men with low-grade, early prostate cancer (confined to the gland) live a long time after their diagnosis. Even without treatment, many of these men will not die of the prostate cancer, but rather will live with it until they eventually die of some other, unrelated cause. Nevertheless, nearly 29,000 men will die of prostate cancer in 2003.

Prostate cancer often does not cause symptoms for many years. By the time symptoms occur, the disease may have spread beyond the prostate. When symptoms do occur, they may include:

Frequent urination, especially at night

Inability to urinate

Trouble starting or holding back urination

A weak or interrupted flow of urine

Painful or burning urination

Blood in the urine or semen

Painful ejaculation

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

These can be symptoms of cancer, but more often they are symptoms of noncancerous conditions.

Two tests can be used to detect prostate cancer in the absence of any symptoms. One is the digital rectal exam (DRE), in which a doctor feels the prostate through the rectum to find hard or lumpy areas. The other is a blood test used to detect a substance made by the prostate called prostate specific antigen (PSA). Together, these tests can detect many “silent” prostate cancers, those that have not caused symptoms|||Prostate cancer usually doesn%26#039;t cause symptoms in its early stages. Between 60% and 70% of men who are older than 80 who have prostate cancer have no symptoms.

When there are symptoms, they may include:

*Difficulty urinating

*An urge to urinate even when the bladder is empty

*Frequent urination, especially at night

*A weak or intermittent stream of urine and a sense of incomplete emptying when urinating

*Pain or burning during urination

*Chills and fever along with urinating problems

*Difficulty starting urination. This is called hesitancy.

*Inability to urinate

*Weak or interrupted flow of urine (dribbling)

*Having pain or a burning feeling when you urinate. This is called dysuria

*Painful ejaculation

*Blood in urine or semen

*Frequent pain or stiffness in the back, hips, upper thighs, abdomen, or pelvis.|||Blood in urine to start, problems peeing and always wanting to pee. Terminal, seek pro advice.|||this is quite an obscure question so is hard to answer without more details.

initially men may experience difficulty in passing urine. the prostate gland increases in size and therefore hinders the passage of urine. men will have difficulty emptying their bladder fully. this leads to frequency of needing to pass urine, urgency to pass urine and increased need to get up and pass urine. urine infections also can occur due to poor bladder evacuation.

as the disease progress these symptoms may increase..there may be pressure down bellow and they may experience constipation. there may be blood in the urine and as it really progresses and the cancer spreads (often to the bones), they may experience bone pain.

i was a senior staff nurse on a surgical ward for some years and if this is related to you or someone you know i suggest you see your GP asap for an examination and blood test.

all the very best. please remember this advice is unqualified and you need to see a GP for diagnosis.|||Don%26#039;t watch and wait go to your GP and ask to see a specialist

your local GP normally has little knowledge believe me I KNOW|||initially you will have trouble urinating after a digital check and a psa blood test you may get an mri and or a needle biopsy

there are many ways to treat the disease including surgery and radioactive seeds

Yes, PSA can be affected by a lot of matters even without formal %26quot;treatment%26quot; with drugs, though we are not always immediately aware of what%26#039;s causing the change. I remember one in-progress study when I worked in a research center involved eating boiled broccoli! Nevertheless, PSA needs to be watched very closely.

My uncle had prostate cancer. Others here have listed the symptoms, so I won%26#039;t repeat them. In my uncle, it was diagnosed as a result of his normal yearly physical.

His doctor told him that prostate cancer is very slow growing, but they could go in and remove it if he wanted. After asking a lot of questions, and the doctor telling him that at his age at the time (in his 70%26#039;s) that he would most likely die from heart problems or %26quot;natural causes%26quot; before he would die of the cancer, he decided not to do anything.

But the doctor was wrong in his case. He died 3 years later, as a result of the cancer.

It did grow slowly at first, but toward the end it went pretty quickly. His last year he began to have the common symptoms of advanced cancer, but by the last couple of months he was in a lot of pain and discomfort. He was in a hospice facility for about a month before his death so they could medicate him enough to relieve the pain.

Although it is considered a slow growing cancer, my personal opinion, after losing 4 family members to cancer (uterine, protstate, leukemia, and 1 unknown because it was so advanced there were tumors everywhere), and 1 who%26#039;s currently battling it (liver), is don%26#039;t be happy with that answer.

First, if you have not been diagnosed see a doctor ASAP before assuming you have it, and make sure whether or not you do. I say ASAP because every day earlier you catch cancer, the better your chances. If you have already been diagnosed, perhaps obtain a second opinion on whether you should seek treatment now rather than wait. My uncle%26#039;s children now say they wish he had gone ahead and had it removed when it was still contained in the prostate - because he might still be alive today.

The very best of luck to you (or whomever is going through this).|||go to the doctor. an enlarged prostate doesn%26#039;t mean you have cancer. you may have the symptoms of not being able to urinate and that is common in men over 55. you should have a regular physical exam yearly. symptoms vary but unexplained weight loss is big symptom.|||Except for skin cancer, cancer of the prostate is the most common malignancy in American men. It is estimated that nearly 221,000 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. In most men with prostate cancer, the disease grows very slowly. The majority of men with low-grade, early prostate cancer (confined to the gland) live a long time after their diagnosis. Even without treatment, many of these men will not die of the prostate cancer, but rather will live with it until they eventually die of some other, unrelated cause. Nevertheless, nearly 29,000 men will die of prostate cancer in 2003.

Prostate cancer often does not cause symptoms for many years. By the time symptoms occur, the disease may have spread beyond the prostate. When symptoms do occur, they may include:

Frequent urination, especially at night

Inability to urinate

Trouble starting or holding back urination

A weak or interrupted flow of urine

Painful or burning urination

Blood in the urine or semen

Painful ejaculation

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

These can be symptoms of cancer, but more often they are symptoms of noncancerous conditions.

Two tests can be used to detect prostate cancer in the absence of any symptoms. One is the digital rectal exam (DRE), in which a doctor feels the prostate through the rectum to find hard or lumpy areas. The other is a blood test used to detect a substance made by the prostate called prostate specific antigen (PSA). Together, these tests can detect many “silent” prostate cancers, those that have not caused symptoms|||Prostate cancer usually doesn%26#039;t cause symptoms in its early stages. Between 60% and 70% of men who are older than 80 who have prostate cancer have no symptoms.

When there are symptoms, they may include:

*Difficulty urinating

*An urge to urinate even when the bladder is empty

*Frequent urination, especially at night

*A weak or intermittent stream of urine and a sense of incomplete emptying when urinating

*Pain or burning during urination

*Chills and fever along with urinating problems

*Difficulty starting urination. This is called hesitancy.

*Inability to urinate

*Weak or interrupted flow of urine (dribbling)

*Having pain or a burning feeling when you urinate. This is called dysuria

*Painful ejaculation

*Blood in urine or semen

*Frequent pain or stiffness in the back, hips, upper thighs, abdomen, or pelvis.|||Blood in urine to start, problems peeing and always wanting to pee. Terminal, seek pro advice.|||this is quite an obscure question so is hard to answer without more details.

initially men may experience difficulty in passing urine. the prostate gland increases in size and therefore hinders the passage of urine. men will have difficulty emptying their bladder fully. this leads to frequency of needing to pass urine, urgency to pass urine and increased need to get up and pass urine. urine infections also can occur due to poor bladder evacuation.

as the disease progress these symptoms may increase..there may be pressure down bellow and they may experience constipation. there may be blood in the urine and as it really progresses and the cancer spreads (often to the bones), they may experience bone pain.

i was a senior staff nurse on a surgical ward for some years and if this is related to you or someone you know i suggest you see your GP asap for an examination and blood test.

all the very best. please remember this advice is unqualified and you need to see a GP for diagnosis.|||Don%26#039;t watch and wait go to your GP and ask to see a specialist

your local GP normally has little knowledge believe me I KNOW|||initially you will have trouble urinating after a digital check and a psa blood test you may get an mri and or a needle biopsy

there are many ways to treat the disease including surgery and radioactive seeds

yep, diet. diet plays a part in all forms of cancer.

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.

Symptoms

Early prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms. Often it is diagnosed during the workup for an elevated PSA noticed during a routine checkup. Sometimes, however, prostate cancer does cause symptoms, often similar to those of diseases such as benign prostatic hypertrophy. These include frequent urination, increased urination at night, difficulty starting and maintaining a steady stream of urine, blood in the urine, and painful urination. Prostate cancer may also cause problems with sexual function, such as difficulty achieving erection or painful ejaculation.

Advanced prostate cancer may cause additional symptoms as the disease spreads to other parts of the body. The most common symptom is bone pain, often in the vertebrae (bones of the spine), pelvis or ribs, from cancer which has spread to these bones. Prostate cancer in the spine can also compress the spinal cord, causing leg weakness and urinary and fecal incontinence.

more:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_ca…|||semen poisoning. one symptom: diminished stream|||bad diet, bad habits and genetics are the cause.

difficult to pee is a sign, weak pee flow, having to pee often

trickling. if you feel like there is a lump in your *** you are really in trouble.

but pee troubles is #1 sign|||Lack of rellease of fluid; lack of vitamins from yellow corn.