Prostate Cancer

In the previous article discussed about “Therapy, Healing and Treatment of Cancer Prostate“, this article will discuss about how to prevent prostate cancer and how prostate cancer patients life properly.

Basically, prostate cancer can not be prevented, but the risk can be reduced and slowed with:

Healthy foods: high-fat foods are closely linked to suspected prostate cancer. Expand eat vegetables, fruit and fiber to reduce the risk. Good fruit in the meal such as tomatoes, watermelon and grapes. Consume garlic and vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. The E Vitamin is also expected to reduce the special risks for smokers.

Regular exercise: In addition to strengthening the work of the heart, keeping blood pressure and cholesterol, regular exercise also strengthens the immune system and can reduce the risk of cancer in general.

Finasterida: Research on prostate cancer showed, finasterida medicine can prevent prostate cancer in men aged 55 years and over. But it is not recommended to be consumed on a regular basis.

Confront With Cancer Prostate

The preparations necessary to receive the presence of prostate cancer, physical and psychological. How to do?

Prepare yourself: Consult a doctor and dig deeper information about this disease.

Normal life and do the usual routine: Do not let the cancer and side effects of medication interfere with day-to-day routine you.

Exercise: Exercise can help you through the days and reduce tension.

Socialize: Cancer is a disease that is very heavy to carry alone. Socializing, talking and sharing experiences on others will make you feel lighter.

Keep sexual activity: Although the sexual life is affected, but do not be insecure. With hugs, attention and affection the family, wife, children and loved ones, can make you more confident.

Positive Thinking: Cancer is not the end of everything, you can still recover. Think positive and return everything to the Creator, so life feels lighter

Stadium and common complications that often arise in the prostate cancer has been discussed in previous articles, now we will discuss about the therapy, healing & treatment of prostate cancer

Treating prostate cancer can be done in various ways, often used a combination of several methods, such as surgery followed by radiation or radiation combined with hormone therapy.

In each person, and the combination treatment will vary, depending on many factors, such as how fast the cancer is growing, how broad, age and level of recovery expectations. Some ways include:

External beam radiation therapy (EBRT): Eliminate the cancer cells by using X-ray. Effectively kill cancer cells but can injure and kill healthy tissue too.

Side effects: trouble urinating, bleeding / blood pressure decreased and sexual side effects such as erectile dysfunction.

Implant of radioactive pellets: Pellets containing radioactive isotopes of the size of grains of rice or branchy therapy as much as 40-100 points implanted in the prostate. Usually in men with small to medium prostate size used, with a yet higher stage. The man who planted this radioactive, it is advisable to stay away from pregnant women or children, especially at the beginning of the implant process. Before planting, the patient will be given hormone therapy to reduce prostate size.

Side effects: similar to EBRT.

Hormonal therapy: This therapy to stop the production of the hormone testosterone, prostate cancer triggers.

Side effects: breast enlargement male, decreased sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, weight gain and osteoporosis. Sometimes arise diarrhea, fatigue and liver damage.

Operation of prostate : Appointment of the prostate gland with surgery.

Side effects: difficulty controlling urination and erectile dysfunction.

Chemotherapy: This method is very effective, but has more side effects than hormone therapy a lot.

Cryoablation / Cryotherapy : Tissue coagulation therapy, usually by inserting a tool. Prostate gland would be frozen until the death of cancer cells.

Side effects: tissue damage and damage to muscles that control urination activity.

Supervision : Periodicals such as the DRE examination and biopsy can be done to monitor the development of cancer.

Gene therapy and immunization : In future, this therapy is expected to grow more advanced. The current technology is still limited to the experimental stage and only available in some developed countries.

For the prevention of prostate cancer, please read the next articles.

From the previous article about “prostate cancer, symptoms, risk factors and medical examinations”, now we will discuss about the stadium and common complications of prostate cancer

Prostat Cancer

Cancer prostate divided into four of stadium, including:
Stadium I: Early evolutions of cancer that is usually obtained through microscopic examination can not be a doctor.
Stadium II: Cancer can be felt, but still limited in the prostate gland alone.
Stadium III: Cancer has spread to the entire prostate and / or spread to the nearest cell.
Stadium IV: Cancer has grown and spread to the lymph node, bone, lungs or other organs.

Complications can occur because the disease itself or because of drug therapies that do. The most feared, drug therapies will have an impact on male sexual function, such as the incidence of erectile dysfunction, while still able to overcome. Common complications occur:

The spread of cancer: prostate cancer spread occurs via the bloodstream or lymph system, affecting the bones and other organs. Therapy of prostate cancer that had spread, made with hormone therapy, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

Pain: Pain in the bones can occur in people with prostate cancer.
Difficulty urinating.
Erectile dysfunction or impotence: This can occur because of prostate cancer itself or because of the healing therapies that do, such as surgery, radiation and hormone therapy.
Depression: Many men experience depression after prostate cancer diagnosed or after therapy, therapeutic effects. But counseling and antidepressant medications can be overcome.

Prostate is the gland of man that produces semen, the fluid is a place to live and feed ingredients for the sperm. Cancer is not only threatening, but also have serious effects, such as erectile dysfunction and bladder control difficulties.

SYMPTOMS

In the initial phase, these cancers do not show obvious symptoms and difficult to detect, to spread throughout the prostate. In Early detection of cancer, can be done by checking PSA (Prostate-specific antigen) or with a digital rectal exam (DRE).

The early symptoms are usually felt, one of which is difficulty urinating. According to research, less than five percent of cases of prostate cancer have urination problem as an initial symptom. Other symptoms that can occur, for example, there is blood in the urine and semen mixed with blood.

While prostate cancer that spread to the lymph node (lymph nodes) in the hip bone, can cause leg swelling and discomfort in the hip. At the stage of prostate cancer in an advanced stage, usually has spread to the bone and caused a prolonged bone pain, fractures to the spine depressed.

RISK FACTORS

To prevent or avoid the occurrence of prostate cancer, in addition to an early examination, also includes several factors, including:

Age: The man who has aged 50 years and over, is likely to suffer from this cancer.
Family history: If your father or brother had prostate cancer, then your risk of prostate cancer will be greater.
Food: fatty foods and obesity may increase the risk. In theory, fat increases the production of testosterone which can lead to the development of prostate cancer cells. Testosterone is naturally spur growth in the prostate gland. A Man who use testosterone therapy, usually tend to suffer from prostate cancer.

MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
Although not all related to prostate cancer, but if you’re 50 years old and having trouble urinating, begin to consult with your doctor. Examination that can be done include:

Digital rectal exam (DRE): This test is done by inserting a finger in the rectum to feel physically lump in the prostate.

PSA test: PSA is a blood test to measure levels of PSA (prostate-specific agent) who can demonstrate the existence of prostate cancer.

Transrectal ultrasound: If the PSA test is considered not enough, then the doctor will use ultrasound to evaluate transrectal prostate. A small device, the size of a cigarette, would be inserted into the rectum to obtain pictures of and the prostate gland through the sound waves produced.

Biopsy: If the initial test showed symptoms of prostate cancer, your doctor will make sure to perform biopsy tests. The doctor will take samples of tissue from the prostate gland and will be checked whether there is laboratory abnormalities in the prostate and how aggressive the cancer.

THE FOLLOWING TEST THAT THE DOCTOR WILL PERFORM TO KNOW THE EVOLUTION OF PROSTATE CANCER:
Bone scan: This scan takes pictures of bone, to determine whether prostate cancer has spread to the bone. Prostate cancer can be spread not only in the bone, but also the whole body, such as hip bones and spine.

Ultrasound: Ultrasound can help reveal whether the spread has reached other than prostate tissue.
CT scan: CT scan will produce images that can be enlarged, to see if the lymph nodes or other organs have not developed normally. To find the problem of cancer usually combined with other tests.
MRI: This test produces more detailed images because the body uses magnets and radio waves. MRI can detect possible development of cancer to lymph node and bone.
Lymph node biopsy: If the detected lymph node enlargement by CT scan or MRI, the lymph node biopsy is needed to determine the extent to which these cancers can be cured, usually by microscopic examination in the laboratory.