Prostate cancer is a slow-growing cancer and, more often, it is confined to the prostate gland, requiring minimal or no treatment. In some cases, it can take up to eight years to spread from the prostate to other parts of the body (metastasis), typically the bones. In many cases, ...
The cancer is growing in your prostate, but hasn’t spread beyond it. The doctor may or may not be able to feel the tumor during a DRE or see it on an imaging test. The tumor can touch more than half of one lobe of the prostate but doesn’t involve both lobes. The Gleason score...
He was in treatment for slow-growing prostate cancer. I asked about other recent stressors in his life. “My dad died last year, and my wife just got a pacemaker for her ticker. We thought she wasn’t going to make it,” Blake said, tears streaming down his bearded cheeks. “I don...
However, not everyone agrees with these guidelines; clinicians should explain that treatments can have severe side effects, may have little or no effects on the cancer, and that some cancers are so slow-growing. Digital Rectal Exam and PSA Test Two tests are particularly helpful in screening for...
Liver canceris an increasing public health threat, partly the result of the growing number of toxins in our environment and partly the result of increasing prevalence of the hepatitis C virus, especially in people born in the Baby Boom generation.30 ...
Medically known as colorectal cancer or colon cancer, is a type of cancer that affects the larger bowel and rectum. The growth of it is very slow. Its takes a period of 10 years to grow and then it starts to spread and affect the other parts of the body. This is the second most co...
Growing cells need an essential nutrient, the amino acid called leucine, which is pumped into the cell by specialized proteins. And this could be prostate cancer’s weak link. Dr. Jeff Holst and his team at the Centenary Institute found, in a study to be published this month inCa...
slow your metabolism in times of famine (for more information on this, take a look at mySafety Theory). High rT3 due to stress has a snowball effect on hypothyroid symptoms. The adaptation by the body producing rT3 is not useful in our high-demand society when we must work and take ...
When deciding how important sex is in a relationship, having sex more often (or at least a minimum of once a week) provides multiple benefits for a loving and supportive relationship. That being said, growing intimacy is still possible if you are unable to have sex. ...
In patients with nmCRPC, their prostate cancer keeps growing even after traditional hormone treatments. In these patients, rising prostate- specific antigen ( PSA) levels suggest that cancer is active but CT and bone scans show that it has not spread to other parts of the body. Everyone in ...