Screening Tests for Prostate
Screening Tests for Prostate
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death in men after lung cancer, and the most common cancer in men. Fortunately, since most prostate cancer is slow growing, only 30 percent of men diagnosed with prostate cancer will die from it. So far, research has not confirmed that early detection of prostate cancer leads to treatment that will prolong life. Testing is needed to screen for prostate cancer to improve treatment.
Prostate Cancer Prevention
Prostate Cancer Prevention
Knowledge is your best weapon for good prostate health and avoiding prostate cancer. Some lifestyles, eating habits, and dietary supplements are thought to lead to lower levels of prostate cancer, as well as other cancers. Nobody can guarantee prostate cancer prevention through behavior, diet, treatment, or medicine, but there things you can do to improve your odds.
Obesity and Prostate Health
Although research has yet to identify the link between obesity and the increased chance of developing prostate cancer remains unclear; there is little question that obesity does have negative effect on disease outcomes.
The Prostate Basics
Basic Facts about the Prostate Gland: The prostate is a sex gland in males. It is around the size of a walnut, and encircles the neck of the bladder and urethra, the tube that expels urine from the bladder. It is partly glandular and partly muscular, with ducts opening into the prostatic portion of the urethra. The prostate is made up of three lobes: a centrally located lobe with one lobe on each side. The prostate gland secretes a slightly alkaline fluid that forms part of the seminal fluid, a fluid that carries sperm during ejaculation.
Prostate Cancer Risk Factors
A risk factor is anything that may increase a person's chance of developing a disease. It may be an activity, such as smoking, diet, family history, or many other things. Different diseases, including cancers, have different risk factors. In general, all men are at risk for prostate cancer. However, there are specific risk factors that increase the likelihood that certain men will develop the disease, including the following:
Antioxidant levels key to prostate cancer risk in some men
Greater levels of selenium, vitamin E and the tomato carotenoid lycopene have been shown to reduce prostate cancer in one out of every four Caucasian males, or those who inherit a specific genetic variation that is particularly sensitive to oxidative stress, say US researchers.
Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance Protocol Clinical Trial Conducted by NorthShore University HealthSystem
Prostate Cancer Patients See Benefit to Program
Dad Offers Personal Father's Day Message on Importance of Prostate Cancer Screenings
Prostate cancer is more common in men than breast cancer is in women. Joel Stern learned of his prostate cancer through a regular screening, which doctors recommend should start at age 50. "Thanks to the early detection of my cancer, I had a wider range of treatment options," Stern said. "It's certainly a happy Father's Day for me."
Organization Announces End Prostate Cancer Tour
Zero prostate cancer deaths. Zero prostate cancer cases and for those with prostate cancer, it means a zero PSA. The name says it all -- zero tolerance for prostate cancer.
One A Day and Major League Baseball Once Again Team Up To Strike Out Prostate Cancer
There are more new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed each year than any other non-skin cancer, and one in six men will face prostate cancer in his lifetime. To support getting the message out about this important cause, Major League Baseball All-Star pitchers John Smoltz of the Boston Red Sox and Derek Lowe of the Atlanta Braves have teamed up to join the "One A Day Men's Presents MLB Strikeout Prostate Cancer Challenge" in an effort to raise awareness of prostate cancer and the things men can do that may help maintain their prostate health.
Prostate Cancer Solution Guidebooks to be Donated to Patient Support Groups
A new 'Blue Ribbon' prostate cancer solutions guidebook is being offered free of charge to prostate cancer support groups and libraries. The most up-to-date and comprehensive book on the subject examines all currently available prostate cancer treatments and explains how radioactive "seeds," IMRT and Dynamic Adaptive Radiotherapy (DART) have made the scalpel and all other prostate cancer treatments increasingly obsolete.
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