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Showing posts with label Prostate Cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prostate Cancer. Show all posts

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Prostate Cancer in Young Men

The number of younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer has increased by nearly six-fold in the last 20 years. If you are under the age of 50, here are five things you should know about this dangerous tendency.
1 Prostate cancer in young men is more aggressive, and therefore more threatening, than older men.

Historically, prostate cancer has affected-many men in the 70s or 80s, and they are slow-growing cancer.

In fact, many older men who had been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer eventually die of other causes. The younger man has not routinely undergoing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and rectal examination is recommended until the age of about 50 years.

Common cancer in men usually do not have physical symptoms in awaln stage. Consequently, if it becomes aggressive prostate cancer diagnosed in men younger than 55 years old, often has developed into a high stage cancer and are therefore more difficult to treat.

2 Men with a family history of prostate cancer who have a need to be cautious with it checked. Other causes for diagnosis in young men is simple genetics.

If you have a family history of prostate cancer (father, brother, uncle or grandfather), then you should talk to your doctor and you'll want to undergo the examination.

Men with a family history of these have 2-3 times higher risk than the general population, which increased further in the multiple relatives affected.

3 Paying attention to what you eat.

More than two dozen studies show that the more red meat is eaten by a man it would have a higher risk of prostate cancer. But it is not applicable to all foods, fried foods and processed foods, saturated animal fats are also high eat, the menu can accelerate the process of development of cancer. As with other serious diseases, obesity can also cause other risks.

4 If you have prostate cancer, talk with your oncologist about all available treatment options that may be best for you.

The question of whether young men with this type of cancer should undergo immediate surgery, or if they have to wait to see the process of development, is still a matter of controversy.

While prostate cancer in older men often slower process so that operations can have significant side effects, such as erectile dysfunction possibilities for life or chronic urinary incontinence.

For men in their 30s or 40s, it can be a difficult decision. Make sure you discuss your options and all the possible side effects with your doctor.

5. annual inspection.

Every year, men are more committed to a healthy lifestyle and take the time to undergo the necessary checks in preventing cancer and other medical conditions seriously.

Currently, prostate cancer is a treatable disease, especially in its early stages. If you are a man older than age 40 years, then consult your doctor about personal risk factors, and determine whether the PSA test is appropriate for you
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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Balding Men More Risk of Prostate Cancer ?

Thin hair began to appear bald it could be a sign of a problem in the male reproductive organs. According to one study, men who have a distinctive pattern baldness more at risk for prostate cancer.
In a study conducted by a team from the National Cancer Institute, men who go bald at the front of the medium scale, and also balding at the crown of the head at the age of 45 years have a risk of up to 39 percent of prostate cancer.

But keep in mind that only 10 percent of the respondents who experienced hair loss. Men who go bald at the front of the head of the prostate cancer risk was not increased.

The researchers do not yet know the explanation between baldness and prostate cancer, but they said it was related to the hormone testosterone and dihydrostestosteron. Both these hormones do play a role both in the typical male pattern baldness or prostate cancer.

"Typical male baldness, the hair is thinning in the front and crown of the head is the result of cumulative exposure to testosterone in the skin throughout the ages," said Dr. Charles Ryan, a researcher.

This study was conducted by observing 40,000 men aged 55 and 74 years. Studies conducted in 1993 and 2001 asked respondents about baldness experienced at the age of 45 years. As many as 18 percent of men experiencing typical male pattern baldness at the age.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Treatment of Prostate Cancer

1. Surgery: externis prostate surgery is a treatment method that is most frequently encountered, the surgical removal of the prostate, lifting the overall prostate cancer or prostate overall, to restrain the expansion of prostate cancer.

2. Radiotherapy: The main radiotherapy divided seek ways as follows:
a) Outer body radiotherapy,
b) Radiotherapy in organ, this method is often combined with radical mastectomy prostate or lymph node clearance operation pelvis;
c) Entire body radiotherapy, in certain conditions can reduce pain in certain parts of the bone caused by the spread and reduce the progression of lesions.

3. Chemotherapy: Treatment with chemotherapy drugs, is how the treatment of prostate cancer throughout the body, can control the expansion and spread of cancer cells effectively.

4. Traditional Chinese Medicine: Traditional Chinese medicine for prostate cancer, on the one hand can kill and suppress cancer cells, improve the condition of the disease, on the other hand could improve the condition of the patient's body, strengthen the immune system, improve overall treatment outcome.

5. Treatment Jie Ru: Ru Jie medical technology as a new technology in the treatment of cancer, has the advantage of a small wound, no pain, blood coming out a little, quick recovery, etc..
Recovery of prostate cancer

1. Psychological Recovery: helping patients get rid of inner pressure, supporting patients to be optimistic, and diligent treatment.

2. Recovery diet and intestinal tract: to reduce constipation after surgery, should teach patients to eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, easily digested and rich in fiber, drink plenty, every morning waking regular bowel movements, in order to maintain smooth sewerage. Abstinence spicy foods and foods that are hard to not constipated.

3. Recovery of spasms of the bladder: when the bladder feels seizures, breathe deeply and ask family members to massage the feet can reduce pain. If after the operation there is still a continuous spasms, should be given analgesic medication in order to reduce patient pain.

In addition, good quality sleep can also help the recovery of patients, choosing the right time for the patient to rest, giving patients a comfortable sleeping environment.
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Symptoms of Prostate Cancer

1. Symptoms of blockage: the difficulty urinating, urinary retention, pain, blood urine or loss of urine pengontolan, etc..

2. Symptoms locally invasive: the cavity between the bladder and the rectum is the most exposed first, the cavity between the bladder and rectum, including prostate, testes, vas deferens, urinary tract and other organs, such as tumors invade and crush the vas deferens can trigger back pain and next to testis pain.

3. Other deployment Symptoms: easy prostate cancer spreads to the bones, may initially have no symptoms, there is also due to the spread of the bone resulting in an emphasis on neurological or pathological fractures when a newly discovered prostate cancer check.
What are some ways a diagnosis of prostate cancer?

1. Examination of the rectum;

2. Serum prostate antigen;

3. Prostatic acid phosphatase

4. Ultrasound;

5. X-ray;

6. Histopathology;

7. CT and MRI.

How does the process of expansion of prostate cancer?

The spread through blood, venous spread is a common pathway expansion of prostate cancer, the most commonly spreads to the lungs and skeleton bones, pelvic bones and vertebrae and ribs, femur, collarbone and bones in the other parts can also be achieved. As for how prostate cancer spreads to the lumbar spine, there are experts who thought passing through the vertebral veins, whereas others showed evidence of prostate cancer and other cancers that pass through the circulation of the same body, and therefore, most of the bones spread of disease could have been there too spread in the lungs.
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Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in the prostate organ male, is the result of the growth of prostate acinic cell abnormal and irregular.

How high is the percentage growth of prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer is very rare in men under the age of 45 years, but along with the addition of age, secretly increasing the possibility of the growth of prostate cancer, the majority of prostate cancer patients aged over 65 years. Basically, each additional 10 years in people aged over 40 years, the possible growth of prostate cancer more than doubled, the danger men aged 50-59 years of prostate cancer is 10%, while men aged 80-89 years increased to 70% .
Causes of prostate cancer

1 Age: age is a major cause of prostate cancer is dangerous.

2 Genetic family: when there is a close family men with prostate cancer, then it is likely that other families affected by cancer man prostatpun increased.

3. Race : the possibility of prostate cancer in African descent living in the United States (including the black Americans). is the highest, then the Spanish, and the white Americans, while the chances of developing prostate cancer Africans are among the lowest in the world.

4 Changes in prostate pathological abnormalities: men who suffer from prostate neoplasia Intraphitelial, the chances of developing prostate cancer increases clearly.

The cause is quite dangerous:

1. Diet: men who frequently eat foods high in animal fat is a class of men prone to prostate cancer.

2 Male Hormones : male hormones in the body can facilitate tumbuhnnya prostate cancer, is one of the causes of prostate cancer.
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