Urinary incontinence is a common complication for men following prostate cancer surgery, and this problem can persist even five years after the surgery takes place. In one survey of 111 men published in 2003, 69% reported incontinence after prostate surgery. Most of these men used pelvic muscle ...
but which of these risk factors cause a prostate cell to become cancerous is not fully known. For a cancer to develop, changes must occur in the chemicals that make up the DNA, which makes up the genes in the cell. The genes control how the cell ...
Radical prostatectomy is the surgical removal of the entire prostate gland. This is usually performed to remove early-stage prostate cancer that is contained in the prostate. Before this surgery, I may suggest hormonal therapy to reduce the size of the tumor so it can be removed more easily. ...
Should the risk factors, symptoms and testing point to prostate cancer, there are a variety of treatment options available. They range from “watchful waiting” and hormone therapy to more aggressive approaches, such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy....
Prostate cancer is usually a very slow-growing cancer, often causing no symptoms until it is in an advanced stage. Most men with prostate cancer die of other causes and many never know that they have the disease. But once prostate cancer begins to grow quickly or spreads outside the prostat...
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Men with advanced disease typically undergo androgen deprivation therapy via medical castration that initially reduces tumor burden and symptoms, but castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) develops resulting in death (Fig. 3). Sign in to download full-size image Fig. 3. Schematic of prostate ...
Surgery may be used to relieve your symptoms if other treatments do not work. Extra tissue that is causing your symptoms may be destroyed. All or part of your prostate may be removed during another type of surgery.Treatment optionsThe following list of medications are related to or used in ...
Signs and symptoms of advanced prostate cancer (late-stage prostate cancer) that has already spread from the prostate gland to elsewhere in the body (called metastatic prostate cancer) include a new dull, then progressively severe, painin the bones, especially the low back; ...
Signs and symptoms of advanced prostate cancer (late-stage prostate cancer) that has already spread from the prostate gland to elsewhere in the body (called metastatic prostate cancer) include a new dull, then progressively severe, painin the bones, especially the low back; ...