Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor that sits in the prostate. It affects men over 45-50 years. CP evolves slowly and is not as lethal as other types of cancer. Cancer cells usually settle in the most peripheral part of the prostate. Generally elderly, who have not been diagnosed early with CP, can be diagnosed when they already have metastases.

  • In the early stages it is totally asymptomatic (it does not generate any symptoms), however, in an advanced stage (Out of curative management) there may be urinary irritative symptoms, hematuria (urinating blood), back pain, spinal fractures. Therefore the importance of a timely diagnosis.
    As in the case of Prostatic Hyperplasia, the causes are unknown, although the CP is related to age (above 45-50 years) and hormonal factors not yet well determined.
  • Direct paternal family member with a diagnosis of prostate cancer (Father, direct uncles, siblings), being an Afro-descendant ethnic group.
  • The current key to diagnosis is rectal examination and PSA (prostate specific antigen), a value that can be obtained in a simple blood test. When the PSA is elevated above 10 ng / ml the possibility of CP increases dramatically. The prostate biopsy allows to obtain small pieces of prostate for observation under a microscope and is the objective way to diagnose it. The biopsy also allows us to see the degree of aggressiveness of the tumor cells (Gleason scale).
    Like all cancer, the most feared complication is death. Another complication is cancer that spreads (metastasis). Prostate cancer can spread to nearby organs, such as the bladder, or spread through the bloodstream or lymphatic system to the bones or other organs. Prostate cancer that spreads to the bones can cause bone pain and fractures. Once prostate cancer has spread to other areas of the body, it can still respond to treatment and can be controlled, but it is not likely to cure.
  • It is impossible to prevent the development of prostate cancer. That is why the importance of every man over 45 years of age promptly goes to the urologist for a checkup.
 
 
 

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