Sometimes I just think medical professionals give more weight to men%26#039;s issues than women%26#039;s !!!

Seriously, I have no idea, but it galls me that even though almost 50% of men will develop prostate cancer if they live long enough, doctors would never suggest they have it removed prophylactically. However, doctors have no problem in suggesting women take out their uterus and ovaries (%26quot;so you won%26#039;t have to worry about cancer%26quot;) when only a very small percentage of women will actually develop it. Seems they are more concerned about preserving a man%26#039;s sexual enjoyment than a woman%26#039;s. Just my ranting opinion.|||have patience=they are discovering more every day

breast cancer will have a cure found for it too|||The same way they%26#039;ve found a vaccine for Human Papaloma Virus, but not HIV.|||Prostate is usually slower growing in older men so some less aggressive treatments are available but like you said %26quot;potential cure%26quot;. The %26quot;cures%26quot; for any cancer are all %26quot;potential cures%26quot;. Plain old faith has worked sometimes. It is all a crap shoot.|||The best I have heard is Provenge to prolong life.|||Every cure is potential in that some people can have the very best treatment and die whether it be breast or prostate.|||Hi, regarding your question, please visit %26quot;www.smile.org.au%26quot;. There is a huge database of cancers including the symptoms of cancers, the cause and effect, prevention of cancers, as well as a wide range of cancer treatments.|||What potential cure are you referring to? I know of no such thing.|||The cure for breast cancer is the same as prostate cancer, early detection and aggressive treatment.

I am a 4 year survivor of breast cancer and early detection was the key to survival so be sure to get your annual mammogram.|||It doesn%26#039;t make sense, does it?

You might find this interesting, so I%26#039;m sending it along–

Five hundred years ago, people said the world was flat. Today, people say that if the FDA and AMA haven%26#039;t blessed something, it can%26#039;t be real good. Well, here%26#039;s something I know to be real AND good. It%26#039;s a little different take on cancer treatment–

In 1990, I had Hodgkin%26#039;s Lymphoma, stage 3-B, but I%26#039;ve survived. My doctors were great people, but they were limited to surgery, chemo and radiation by profitable AMA treatment policy. During the year in treatment, I started learning about alternative medicine. I%26#039;m a retired engineer, and this is what I%26#039;ve pieced together–our IMMUNE SYSTEMS become weakened by poor nutrition, lack of exercise and reduced oxygen. Once that happens, our body becomes vulnerable to common STRESSORS. Stressors can be environmental, like viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, food additives, electromagnetic waves or pollution. They can be internal things like emotional or job stress, or poisonous people in our lives. Aging is also a contributing factor. So this means:

WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM + STRESSORS = DISEASE (cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.)

Our bodies have 60 trillion–yes, trillion–cells, and there are always some mutating into cancer cells, but a healthy immune system kills them before they have a chance to get a foothold in the body.

It takes a LONG time, usually, or a high level of stressors, to weaken the immune system to the point where it won%26#039;t do its job, but once cancer has formed, it will generally spread rapidly.

THIS IS IMPORTANT! There are ways to BEAT cancer that are currently being used in Europe and around the world, and there are some great books on the subject. I know because I%26#039;ve read about 50 of them from cover to cover. Here%26#039;s a list of the best ones. Some are out of print and getting hard to find–

%26quot;The Cure for All Cancers%26quot;, ISBN 0963632825

%26quot;The Cure for All Advanced Cancers%26quot;, ISBN 1890035165

%26quot;A Cancer Therapy%26quot;, ISBN 0882681052

%26quot;Oxygen Therapies%26quot;, ISBN 0962052701

%26quot;Hydrogen Peroxide–Medical Miracle%26quot;, ISBN 1885236077

%26quot;The Natural Cure for Cancer–Germanium%26quot;, ISBN 0533071410

%26quot;Killing Cancer%26quot;, ISBN 0705000966

%26quot;Natural Cures %26#039;They%26#039; Don%26#039;t Want You to Know About%26quot;, ISBN 0975599518

I know of people whose cancer has %26#039;spontaneously remitted%26#039; (WENT AWAY for no known reason) AFTER they went on programs of herbs and nutrition to restart their immune systems.

You and your family must look out for yourselves to stand a chance of being healthy. This is not a joke, and I%26#039;m not selling anything–just trying to help.

I am using the things I learned in those books right now to fight off a second infestation of cancer. I%26#039;ve been at it for over a year now, and think I%26#039;m going to make it. Use what works for you, and pass on your success. Best of luck.

AMA AND FDA–

The American Medical Association (AMA) and the pharmaceutical companies control medical law and the FDA in this country with heavy lobbying and a revolving door policy. WHY would they want to do this? It%26#039;s about the money. In 2006, medicine (doctors, hospitals, researchers and pharmaceutical firms) received 2.1 TRILLION dollars–15% of the total earnings (GNP 13.7 trillion) in the U.S. This is astounding! It means MILLIONS of people worked the whole year just to pay the nation%26#039;s medical expenses!! That%26#039;s totally astounding, and just too big to care about individuals.

Watch the film at this website–

http://www.altcancer.com/vidgal.htm#hoxs…

Because women do not have a prostate.|||As far as I am aware, they can. It is just like breast cancer was in men though, something that not most people have ever heard of or talk about-one of those %26quot;taboo%26quot; topics I guess. And I also think that it is not a common thing in women either.|||Because women don%26#039;t have a prostate, so that we are not able to get that type of cancer.|||Think about the differences in the bodies……..men have breast bones; women do not have prostate (as far as I know).|||Men can get breast cancer in their chest tissue because they have those parts. Women don%26#039;t have a prostate gland or anything like that (it%26#039;s a 2 way valve…) so there%26#039;s no equipment that could malign into prostate cancer.|||Women don%26#039;t have a prostrate|||Men have (mostly) fatty tissue over their pecs, can develop cancer, women don%26#039;t have prostates.|||Because women dont have a prostate.

Men can%26#039;t get cervical cancer because they dont have a cervix. its the anatomy or a man and a women. they are not the same.|||women dont have prostate glands!!!|||Women can%26#039;t get prostate cancer because they do not have the prostate gland. Only men have a prostate.|||men and women have breasts women dont have prostate just like a man cannot get cervix cancer because he hasnt got a cervix this question is just ridiculous i might add|||Hi there,

Men and women both have brests but women do not have a prostate. The prostate is part of the male reproductive system. The main function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that, along with spermatozoa, constitutes semen. The rest of the seminal fluid is produced by the two seminal vesicles. The prostate also contains some smooth muscles that help expel semen during ejaculation.

Cheers.|||if women have a prostate then that is news to me. Ca anyone tell me where it is located in the female body and where did you find this woman!!!!|||As already suggested from previous answers the prostate is only found in males. Much research has been done into the causes of breast cancer and prostate cancer. Some studies have suggested that diet as well as genetics may play a role why people get cancer. There have been many studies about the relationship between prostate cancer and diet. A basic introduction to issues about the prostate and cancer and other illnesses associated with this gland can be found on http://bestprostateadvice.com.

I found it a good a straightforward read.

bye for now|||OMG I never knew there were that many ways to say women don%26#039;t have prostate glands!

Take care of your prostate, read today%26#039;s news:

High calcium levels may raise prostate cancer risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a study published in the International Journal of Cancer indicate there is an association between dietary calcium and the risk of prostate cancer.

no…follow the instructions of your doctor, sorry to hear that.|||It%26#039;s supposed to help prevent it, but there are no herbal cures that we know of for cancer.|||Supposedly, lycopene (from cooked tomatos) is better for prostate cancer prevention. But the only thing to kill prostate cancer is chemotherapy or radiation therapy offered by your doctor.

Prostate cancer is often slow-growing though; many times you can live with prostate cancer a long while before you die of something else, like heart disease.|||its known to help prevent all types of cancer, and decrease ur chances of getting sick|||Green tea is an anti oxidant. Western medicine can only treat cancer with chemo, radiation, or surgery. None of these are enough. You need to get every book you can find on alternative treatments for prostate cancer. Mike Milken has written one of the best guidlines on a dietary approach to treating this cancer by diet. Prostate and breast cancer are hormone driven and both respond to nutritional approaches for many people.

The prime elements are no dairy, no red meat, no refined sugars, increased anitoxidants, exercise, and SOY as your source of protein. It is important to buy as much organic foods as you can too.

People laugh at a nutritional approach, however I have prostate cancer and am surviving quite well. I endured 6 months of chemo and the product I received was derived from the bark of a tree!!!!!!

If you speak with chemists they have a very good understanding how the food products you eat impact your body on a cellular level.

Physicians are not able to endorse nutritional approaches as it goes against their hippocratic oath.

Hope this helps

if so, how do I solve this if I have no girl to have sexual relations with?|||Prostate cancer is usually adenocarcinoma. Symptoms are rare until urethral obstruction occurs. Diagnosis is suggested by digital rectal examination or prostate-specific antigen measurement and confirmed by biopsy. Prognosis for most patients with prostate cancer, especially when it is localized or regional, is very good; more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Treatment is with prostatectomy, radiation therapy, or, for some elderly patients, watchful waiting.

The cause of prostate cancer is unknown, although some studies have shown a relationship between high dietary fat intake and increased testosterone levels. When testosterone levels are lowered either by surgical removal of the testicles (castration, orchiectomy) or by medication, prostate cancer can slowly get better.

There is no known association with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of death from cancer in men of all ages and is the most common cause of death from cancer in men over 75 years old. Prostate cancer is rarely found in men younger than 40.

Men at higher risk include African-America men older than 60, farmers, tire plant workers, painters, and men exposed to cadmium. The lowest number of cases occurs in Japanese men and those who do not eat meat (vegetarians).

Please see the web pages for more details on Prostate cancer.|||No it does not, abstinence will prevent you from getting nasty diseases however. If you are concerned about a back up down there, I recommend relieving it yourself. If your worried about how to get a girl, do not bring this up to her and you should be fine.|||I don%26#039;t believe that that is true….. plus if your young you don%26#039;t really need to worry about prostate cancer all that much. Just make sure you get checked out by your doctor.|||It does not. That is fiction.|||I doubt that it does…. if that is a worry then do what men have done for centuries… self satisfy.|||Well a good flushing of the testes promotes a healthy prostrate. If you are a male,I%26#039;m shure one way or another you will relieve yourself.|||If you are really concerned you can take matters into your own hands, so to speak.|||Abstinence cannot cause an increased risk of prostate cancer. In 1 study out of the hundreds conducted only that 1 found that abstinence could cause an increased risk of prostate cancer plausible. It has been proven that prostate cancer is mainly genetic so you only have something to worry about if someone in your family has prostate cancer. I hope this answer helps you find a girl.

My PSA is 7.1|||It depends on the staging, etc of the tumor. Prostate cancer, caught early, can be very curable. Talk to your doctor about your concerns.

That%26#039;s what they%26#039;re there for.

It would be a shame to try some unproven herb and skip proven treatments. No, the AMA isn%26#039;t an all seeing, all controlling conspiracy,as some may think.|||I held off answering , but no one seems to want to step up to the plate. So here is the alternative medicine view, just in case you would like options–

In 1990, I had Hodgkin%26#039;s Lymphoma, stage 3-B, but I%26#039;ve survived. My doctors were great people, but they really couldn%26#039;t tell me squat about cancer. During the year in treatment, I started learning about alternative medicine.

Here%26#039;s what I%26#039;ve figured out–FIRST, somebody–probably connected to the AMA–is getting my answers deleted as %26#039;not a question or an answer%26#039;, because they don%26#039;t want you to know about this. So if you want to keep this information, you need to copy it to a wordpad document quickly, before it disappears. Hopefully, they%26#039;ll give up and stop that nonsense soon, but I wouldn%26#039;t count on it. Now, here goes–

Cancer is caused by poor nutrition (including oxygen), which leads to a compromised immune system, and by stressors. Stressors can be environmental, like heavy metals, pesticides, food additives, electromagnetic waves or pollution. They can be internal things like emotional or job stress, or poisonous people in our lives. Aging and lack of exercise are also contributing factors.

Our bodies have 60 trillion–yes, trillion–cells, and there are always some mutating into cancer cells, but a healthy immune system kills them before they have a chance to get a foothold in the body.

It takes a LONG time, usually, or an exrtaordinary amount of stressors, to degrade the immune system to the point where it won%26#039;t do its job, but once cancer has formed, it will generally spread rapidly.

THIS IS IMPORTANT! There are ways to BEAT cancer that the AMA is keeping from the American public, that are currently being used in Europe and around the world! Here are some great books on the subject that is getting hard to find–

%26quot;The Cure for All Cancers%26quot;, ISBN 0963632825

%26quot;A Cancer Therapy%26quot;, ISBN 0882681052

%26quot;Oxygen Therapies%26quot;, ISBN 0962052701

%26quot;Hydrogen Peroxide–Medical Miracle%26quot;, ISBN 1885236077

%26quot;The Natural Cure for Cancer–Germanium%26quot;, ISBN 0533071410

%26quot;Killing Cancer%26quot;, ISBN 0705000966

Type %26#039;used books%26#039; into your browser and find a good site, then type in the ISBN numbers and get some great help cheap.

I know of people whose cancer has %26#039;spontaneously remitted%26#039; (WENT AWAY for no known reason) after they went on programs of herbs and nutrition that restart our immune systems.

The American Medical Association (AMA) and the pharmaceutical companies control medical law and the FDA in this country with a revolving door policy and heavy lobbying. In 2004, medicine was a 1.1 TRILLION dollar business–about 1/4th of the total economy. That%26#039;s just too big to care about individuals. You and your family must look out for yourselves to stand a chance of being healthy.

This is not a joke, and I%26#039;m not selling anything. Look into it. Best of luck

if so, how do I solve this if I have no girl to have sexual relations with?|||Prostate cancer is usually adenocarcinoma. Symptoms are rare until urethral obstruction occurs. Diagnosis is suggested by digital rectal examination or prostate-specific antigen measurement and confirmed by biopsy. Prognosis for most patients with prostate cancer, especially when it is localized or regional, is very good; more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Treatment is with prostatectomy, radiation therapy, or, for some elderly patients, watchful waiting.

The cause of prostate cancer is unknown, although some studies have shown a relationship between high dietary fat intake and increased testosterone levels. When testosterone levels are lowered either by surgical removal of the testicles (castration, orchiectomy) or by medication, prostate cancer can slowly get better.

There is no known association with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of death from cancer in men of all ages and is the most common cause of death from cancer in men over 75 years old. Prostate cancer is rarely found in men younger than 40.

Men at higher risk include African-America men older than 60, farmers, tire plant workers, painters, and men exposed to cadmium. The lowest number of cases occurs in Japanese men and those who do not eat meat (vegetarians).

Please see the web pages for more details on Prostate cancer.|||No it does not, abstinence will prevent you from getting nasty diseases however. If you are concerned about a back up down there, I recommend relieving it yourself. If your worried about how to get a girl, do not bring this up to her and you should be fine.|||I don%26#039;t believe that that is true….. plus if your young you don%26#039;t really need to worry about prostate cancer all that much. Just make sure you get checked out by your doctor.|||It does not. That is fiction.|||I doubt that it does…. if that is a worry then do what men have done for centuries… self satisfy.|||Well a good flushing of the testes promotes a healthy prostrate. If you are a male,I%26#039;m shure one way or another you will relieve yourself.|||If you are really concerned you can take matters into your own hands, so to speak.|||Abstinence cannot cause an increased risk of prostate cancer. In 1 study out of the hundreds conducted only that 1 found that abstinence could cause an increased risk of prostate cancer plausible. It has been proven that prostate cancer is mainly genetic so you only have something to worry about if someone in your family has prostate cancer. I hope this answer helps you find a girl.

My PSA is 7.1|||It depends on the staging, etc of the tumor. Prostate cancer, caught early, can be very curable. Talk to your doctor about your concerns.

That%26#039;s what they%26#039;re there for.

It would be a shame to try some unproven herb and skip proven treatments. No, the AMA isn%26#039;t an all seeing, all controlling conspiracy,as some may think.|||I held off answering , but no one seems to want to step up to the plate. So here is the alternative medicine view, just in case you would like options–

In 1990, I had Hodgkin%26#039;s Lymphoma, stage 3-B, but I%26#039;ve survived. My doctors were great people, but they really couldn%26#039;t tell me squat about cancer. During the year in treatment, I started learning about alternative medicine.

Here%26#039;s what I%26#039;ve figured out–FIRST, somebody–probably connected to the AMA–is getting my answers deleted as %26#039;not a question or an answer%26#039;, because they don%26#039;t want you to know about this. So if you want to keep this information, you need to copy it to a wordpad document quickly, before it disappears. Hopefully, they%26#039;ll give up and stop that nonsense soon, but I wouldn%26#039;t count on it. Now, here goes–

Cancer is caused by poor nutrition (including oxygen), which leads to a compromised immune system, and by stressors. Stressors can be environmental, like heavy metals, pesticides, food additives, electromagnetic waves or pollution. They can be internal things like emotional or job stress, or poisonous people in our lives. Aging and lack of exercise are also contributing factors.

Our bodies have 60 trillion–yes, trillion–cells, and there are always some mutating into cancer cells, but a healthy immune system kills them before they have a chance to get a foothold in the body.

It takes a LONG time, usually, or an exrtaordinary amount of stressors, to degrade the immune system to the point where it won%26#039;t do its job, but once cancer has formed, it will generally spread rapidly.

THIS IS IMPORTANT! There are ways to BEAT cancer that the AMA is keeping from the American public, that are currently being used in Europe and around the world! Here are some great books on the subject that is getting hard to find–

%26quot;The Cure for All Cancers%26quot;, ISBN 0963632825

%26quot;A Cancer Therapy%26quot;, ISBN 0882681052

%26quot;Oxygen Therapies%26quot;, ISBN 0962052701

%26quot;Hydrogen Peroxide–Medical Miracle%26quot;, ISBN 1885236077

%26quot;The Natural Cure for Cancer–Germanium%26quot;, ISBN 0533071410

%26quot;Killing Cancer%26quot;, ISBN 0705000966

Type %26#039;used books%26#039; into your browser and find a good site, then type in the ISBN numbers and get some great help cheap.

I know of people whose cancer has %26#039;spontaneously remitted%26#039; (WENT AWAY for no known reason) after they went on programs of herbs and nutrition that restart our immune systems.

The American Medical Association (AMA) and the pharmaceutical companies control medical law and the FDA in this country with a revolving door policy and heavy lobbying. In 2004, medicine was a 1.1 TRILLION dollar business–about 1/4th of the total economy. That%26#039;s just too big to care about individuals. You and your family must look out for yourselves to stand a chance of being healthy.

This is not a joke, and I%26#039;m not selling anything. Look into it. Best of luck

Are the accurate yet or will they be in about 20 years when I start getting them? I sure hope so, no one wants the finger.|||Speaking as a physician The answer you seek is yes! The blood test is extremely accurate but it does need to be done 12 monthly after the age of 50|||I think they are pretty well advanced. There are two ways of testing for cancer — the finger used by the doctor, and the psa which she uses, which is in fact the blood test. The first gives an indication and the second confirms or denies it. You ask about 20 years. Things will be so advanced in 20 years that the doctor will only need to look at you to tell that you have cancer. Things are improving by geometric, rather than arithmetic progressions. You younger folks are so lucky.|||The blood test for prostrate is to show how much of a certain chemical is being released into your blood stream if the percentage is higher than say 4 you very likely have cancer it ia reliable in so much as it gives an idicator that you need treatment so though not 100% accurate it is the best available .|||Please see the web pages for more details on Prostate specific antigen. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a protein produced by the cells of the prostate gland. PSA is present in small quantities in the serum of normal men, and is often elevated in the presence of prostate cancer and in other prostate disorders. A blood test to measure PSA is the most effective test currently available for the early detection of prostate cancer. Higher than normal levels of PSA are associated with both localized and metastatic prostate cancer (CaP).|||There is a lot of research into biomarkers for prostate cancer. Perhaps in 20 years, there will be something better than PSA. PSA itself is not especially accurate. This is because it%26#039;s produced by both healty and diseased prostate tissue. Since the prostate gradually enlarges as you age, the amount of PSA in your blood also increases. While a very high PSA usually means cancer, it may simply mean an unually large prostate. Similarly, many men are diagnosed with cancer, even if their PSA%26#039;s are below the magic %26quot;4.0%26quot; number.

There are various auxilliary measurements…Free PSA and PSA velocity being two key measures, which can improve the accuracy of the test. But at this time, the only definitive test for prostate cancer is a comprehensive (and somewhat painful) biopsy.

The %26quot;finger%26quot; is an unfortunate part of the physical exam for adult men.Even in the PSA era, both the finger and the blood test are part of the annual routine. If you think it%26#039;s bad, ask the woman in your life what her annual exam is like.|||I have had Prostate cancer, and had my prostate removed. The finger, better known as DRE(Digital Rectal Exam) is the best way to diagnose prostate problems. I wish more doctors used this method. Maybe then I would not have had the surgery. But once you are over fifty years old, the PSA blood test is the best way to determine if cancer exists. If a high reading is present, then a biopsy of the prostate will be the determining factor as to whether you have cancer or not. With advancing medicine and research, who knows the future. Hopefully we can take a pill to prevent cancer. But until then, I give you the finger as the best way to help you.

This is a question for the medical professionals|||See your doctor at once.|||Gads, man, you shouldn%26#039;t be asking a bunch of kids on this site about such a serious question. Let your doctor discuss the matter with you and tell you the difference in going one way vs. the other.|||Sorry to hear about it.

What I write here is long. Please read carefully.

#1. Don%26#039;t panic. Prostate cancer is slow growing. Do not allow the doctors to dictate anything or even rush you into a decision that you may regret.

#2. The important question you should be asking yourself is conventional or alternative as opposed to Radiation or Removal.

Very quickly.

Conventional treatment view:

Prostate cancer occurs because you are male and that there is nothing you can do. i.e. testosterone causes prostate cancer. THEY get rid of testosterone as the treatment.

You lose your ability to have sex or be a male. I am not exaggerating.

But testosterone is very important. For brief overview read here: http://www.1888menshealth.com/testostero…

My personal view: DO NOT go to a urologist. They are surgeons and only know to cut you up…

I suggest a ENDOCRINOLOGIST - he know hormones and how to balance your body.

Alternative treatment view:

Prostate cancer occurs because you do not have enough free testosterone and too much estrogen in your body. Something (probably) the environment caused you to have too much estrogen. TREATMENT is BOOSTING testosterone and getting rid of estrogen.

VERY IMPORTANT!…

BEFORE you DECIDE on conventional or alternative you taken a HORMONE TEST? If you have not - how can the urologist recommend %26quot;Removal%26quot;? He is hitting blindly?

Get a hormone test of all different types of testosterone and estrogen. Find out more here: http://www.1888menshealth.com/free-testo…

The man that has the most success with prostate cancer is Dr. Larry Clapp. He has a fantastic book %26quot;Prostate Health in 90 Days%26quot; that answers all your questions. He also has a forum there where there are many people that have CURED themselves WITHOUT surgery.

You can find it there: http://prostate90.com/

The most important thing for you to do now is NOT to panic. There is no rush. The treatment can be worse than the disease. Prostate cancer is slow growing so slow that one of %26quot;treatments%26quot; is actually watchful waiting.

Go to http://prostate90.com/, get the book and hang around the forum there for a month and solicit the members views.

You have to make a CONSIDERED decision not a panicky decision.

Best of luck my friend.|||Lately, the numbers favor doing nothing radical for a while, since prostate cancer is one of the slower growing types.

Blood in the semen is not a sign of prostate cancer. You need to get this checked though to find out what is causing it.|||How did you determine the blood in the semen. If it is a clinical diagnosis by a pathologist, then I would suggest a rectal exam as well as palpation of the testes for masses. It is not diagnostic for prostatic cancer but suggests lesions somewhere…from the testes to the vas deferens to seminal vesicles to the urethera or even the corona of the penis. An endoscopic examination may be needed to determine the site of the bleeder but if the physical exam is negative, then the physician would likely dismiss the case as being benign.|||that happend to me when my balls got twisted, there not swollen up over 5x%26#039;s there size and hurting like anything are you? doubt it otherwise you%26#039;d be in the hostpital right now….

Id see the doc quick…