Articles of category "History of prostate cancer"

Prostate cancer is one of the biggest diseases threatening men today. It is #2 on the list of most common cancers in men. Over the past 150 years many different treatments have been developed as part of cancer treatment research and make up much of prostate cancer history. If you have a family history of prostate cancer, you are at a higher risk of getting prostate cancer yourself.

Possible symptoms of prostate cancer are the following: difficulty starting to urinate, less force to the stream of urine, dribbling after you finish urinating, frequent urination, blood or signs of infection in the urine, pain or burning feeling while urinating, pain with ejaculation, and hip or back pain that doesn't resolve or go away over time. If you or a grown male you know has these symptoms, it is wise to be screened for prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer facts bear out that this is a disease of older men with the average age of diagnosis being approximately 70. After the age of 50, however, men should be routinely screened for this cancer especially if their family history and genetic make-up puts them at a higher risk factor. Fortunately, prostate cancer is a slow growing disease and many men live with it until they die of some other condition.

Recently an Assembly in California received news that a former resident of the area had developed prostate cancer. They knew that this gentleman would need guidance. They knew that his friends would need to have answers to the question, "What is prostate cancer?" It is not often a Baha'i Assembly needs to deal with that question, a question that has entered the minds of many young male adults.