For men who’ve had a prostate cancer diagnosis, they will experience the same feelings. Prostate cancer is a serious disease, however most men will survive it living for many more years to come.
Read MoreThere are specific suggestions for men to help them improve their sexual performance after prostate cancer to achieve a satisfying sex life once again. Here’s how:
Read MoreA biopsy of the prostate is not to be taken lightly as it can result in pain, bleeding, and infection. The doctor can minimize these effects by using conscious sedation or an anesthetic called a prostatic block and by prescribing a course of antibiotics at the time of the biopsy.
Read MoreOther likely areas prostate cancer may spread to are the bones or lymph nodes near the prostate and other organs such as the liver and intestines.
Read MoreHowever, if prostate cancer is discovered in its early stages, it has a 98.9 percent survival rate as reported from the NCI.
Read MoreA more recent 2017 study in the International Journal of Cancer, found men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer showed a positive association between long-term weight gain and risk of lethal prostate cancer.
Read MoreProstate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer of American men with one in 6 men who will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives.
Read MoreLet’s take a look at the many functions the prostate gland performs helping keep the male reproductive system up and running:
Read MoreThe controversy involves whether it’s worth the risk to do routine screening which some urologists believe can lead to overdiagnosis and thus overtreatment of otherwise harmless cancers.
Read MoreUnderstand too, that even though prostate cancer is a man’s disease, the women who love them are greatly affected by it also.
Read MoreActive surveillance has increasingly emerged as a viable option for men who decide not to undergo immediate treatment (surgery or radiation therapy) for prostate cancer.
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