By understanding prostate cancer statistics, doctors and patients can better understand their chances of beating the disease and hence help them to stay motivated. Prostate cancer spreads quite slowly and offers a fighting chance for patients to become free of cancer cells, but only if the cancer is detected and destroyed at the right time.

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Prostate cancer is a cancer that afflicts the prostate which is a part of the male reproductive organ. Its primary purpose is to store seminal fluid. The prostate is small in size, about three centimeters. There are many suspected causes of cancer of the prostrates.

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In the early stages of prostate cancer, the symptoms do not necessarily show up. Only after you have had a DRE and a PSA test can it be detected. If the cancerous tumor has enlarged the prostate and begun to press on the urethra, the signs of prostate cancer may begin to show as this causes the passing of urine painful and more difficult than usual.

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The prostate gland has a reputation as a health destroyer. Hypertrophy of the prostate gland, which affects nearly every elderly male, strangles the urethra. This troublesome condition makes urination difficult and increases the risk of bladder infections and kidney damage.

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The causes of prostate cancer have been studied carefully, and information on this serious disease is substantial and important. Brilliant teams of medical researchers have been many studies that provide information about the symptoms, causes, treatments and long-term effects of this disease. It rarely affects men under fifty years, so that the causes of prostate cancer are related to some extent, with the aging process.

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For men over the age of 40, prostate problems are common. As men age, their prostate tends to swell, or become infected and men are more susceptible to prostate cancer. Prostate problems including Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) or enlarged prostate, prostatitis, and cancer are extremely common. In fact, eight in 10 men will eventually develop an enlarged prostate and one in 10 men will develop prostate cancer.

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Prostatectomy is the surgical removal of the entire or a part of the prostrate gland. Excision of the prostate is required for patients suffering from cancer of the prostate, obstruction of urine flow due to benign enlargement of the gland (which is common among half the men above the age of 60 years and the incidence increases significantly as age progresses) and occasionally in cases of prostrate bleeding and bladder calculi causing kidney damage.

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The Prostate gland produces a protein (Prostate Specific Antigen) that is found in the blood. PSA levels in men who have prostate cancer tend to be higher than normal. Men that have BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or inflammation/infection of the prostate gland also have high PSA levels. The PSA levels in the blood are measured by the PSA test.

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What is testicular cancer? How does this develop and what part of our anatomy is actually involved. For a conventional view on the cancer, here are some facts.

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This article discusses the three treatment options most commonly used to treat prostate cancer. The strengths and weakness of the different options are discussed.

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