Prostate cancer represents the second most common malignancy among males, after lung cancer. Increasing age is a key risk factor for prostate cancer and currently, the median age at diagnosis is 66years. Although many older patients will die from competing causes, particularly those with frailty, ...
In most cases, the changes that turn cells cancerous happen randomly when your cells make mistakes while copying their DNA. Many older men will get prostate cancer when changes in cells cause them to grow more than they should. Healthy living is the best way to lower your risk, but there...
Prostate cancer is a common malignancy particularly in older men. Screening for prostate cancer is at present controversial; however it is likely that younger men with little co-morbidity are those that will benefit most from PSA screening. Men with organ-confined prostate cancer have several treatm...
RamySedhom,ArjunGupta, inJournal of Geriatric Oncology, 2020 1Introduction Prostate canceris the most common solid cancer in men, with the majority of cases diagnosed by screening. It is predominately a disease of older men and the burden of disease is expected to increase with an aging popula...
The TITAN study tested the effect of Erleada in adult males whose prostate cancer had spread to other areas of the body but was still responding to a treatment that lowered testosterone (metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer, or mCSPC). About half of the people in the study were rando...
7 Given that sexual activity is common, including in older men,6,7 and that prostate cancer risk is high,8 any association between these factors would have clinical and public health relevance. A recent meta-analysis9 reported an increased risk of prostate cancer with greater sexual activity (...
MATERIAL AND METHOD: During the anniversary celebration of Siriraj established day (26/07/1888), a cohort study of Prevalence of prostate cancer in aging males using PSA Screening Test was carried out, 200 men over 45 years of age were invited to PSA testing and prostate glands check-up ...
Prostate adenocarcinoma is predominantly a disease of older men. Males younger than 50 years account for 1% of all patients with prostate cancer. The authors retrospectively examined cases of prostate adenocarcinoma in patients younger than 50 years of age to determine the natural history and ...
Prostate CancerPost-ProstatectomyPost-RadiationTRTSaturation ModelIntroductionTestosterone is increasingly being recognized as an important hormone in maintaining proper health in aging males. Testosterone replacement therapy in older men with decreased or low-normal testosterone levels has been recognized to ...
in size as a man ages1. Therefore, it is recommended for males who are between the ages of 40 and 70 to get tested for prostate cancer. The reason why it is not recommended for males older than 70 to be tested for prostate cancer is because their PSA level tends to be higher than ...