With 13 million new cases worldwide every year, prostate cancer is as a very real public health concern. Prostate cancer is common in over-50s men and the sixth-leading cause of cancer-related death in men worldwide. Like all cancers, prostate cancer is multifactorial鈥搕here are non-...
Prostate cancer runs in Rich's family. Like Rich, his brother was diagnosed in his 50s, and a cousin and uncle had prostate cancer as well. The new analysis, which appears inNature Reviews: Urology, found that men withearly onsetprostate cancer had more genetic variants than men diagnosed w...
Lane et al report the feasibility of testing for prostate cancer in men aged 45-49.1 Screening for prostate cancer in men older than 50 is hardly acceptable because overdiagnosis is obvious and the impact on mortality remains unproved despite the findings of numerous trials in the past 15 years...
BY THE TIME you reach your 50s, doctors say getting screened for prostate cancer is important. Don't wait until you start experiencing symptoms, because sometimes there aren't any. Prostate cancer is slow-growing, and there are really no symptoms, especially early on, according to the Americ...
Screening for prostate cancer Prostate cancer screeningfor men in their 50s or those who carry risk factors is a topic of debate among medical organizations. Tests for screening of prostate cancer include: Digital rectal exam (DRE): In this test, your doctor puts a gloved, lubricated finger int...
Prostate cancer overall has a strong five-year survival rate, thanks in part to these treatment methods. If the cancer hasn't spread to other parts of the body, the chance of recovery is about 99%. The usual approach to treating cancer is to remove it from the body, whether through surg...
While 40% of men in their 40s and 50s have at least tiny areas of undetected cancer in their prostate glands, prostate cancer accounts for only 3% of US male deaths. The ability to define clinically insignificant prostate cancer in a patient with a relatively short life expectancy could ...
Prostate cancer is cancer that occurs in a man's prostate. The prostate is a small walnut-shaped gland that produces the seminal fluid that nourishes and transports sperm. Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men. Prostate cancer usually grows slowly and initially remai...
Prostate cancer: The main risk and protective factors-Epigenetic modifications. With 13 million new cases worldwide every year, prostate cancer is as a very real public health concern. Prostate cancer is common in over-50s men and the ... M Adjakly,M Ngollo,A Dagdemir,... - 《Annales ...
An enlarged prostate is a condition that most commonly affects men over 50, but it can begin once you reach your 30s. This condition, often calledbenign prostatic hyperplasiaor BPH, is non-cancerous but can sometimes have similar symptoms toprostate cancer. BPH is believed to be the result ...