This is the disease in its advanced stages. The cancer has left the prostate gland and spread ( metastasised ) into neighbouring organs. With bone cancer prostate the symptoms of the disease are now more definite than in early stages.
The importance of knowing the signs prostate cancer exhibit is that it points to the need for testing, first to confirm whether the disease is truly present and secondly to enable timely and appropriate treatment of prostate cancer depending on what the diagnosis is.
by Marisa Burn This disease is full of paradoxes. The first is that in its early stages the symptoms of prostate cancer are virtually non-existent and are not easily detected. And yet early detection is critical for the successful treatment of this cancer.
by Clarissa Carter This disease is full of paradoxes. The first is that in its early stages symptoms prostate cancer are virtually non-existent and are not easily detected. And yet early detection is critical for the successful treatment of this cancer.
To answer the question what is prostate cancer, let us simply say that it is the malignant growth of cells found in the prostate gland. The prostate gland is susceptible to the disease when malignant cells form in its tissues, and here, malignant means cancerous.
It is important to note right from the outset that not always are symptoms prostate cancer an indication of the disease. Many times symptoms could be as a result of the presence of some other non-cancerous disease or disorder. Sometimes the prostrate gland may be enlarged and this may not necessarily be indication of cancer. [...]
The thing about symptoms of prostate cancer is that usually there are none in the early stages, and in fact most cases are not detected until the cancer has spread beyond the prostate. Unfortunately the signs of the possible presence of this disease depend on how advanced it is and how far it has spread. [...]
Cancer of prostate is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the US after lung cancer. It is also the second most common cancer among men in the US, after skin cancer. Simply put, the prostate is a gland in a man’s reproductive system located below the bladder and in front of the rectum.