By: Groshan Fabiola
After having found out what is prostate cancer and how it appears, it is now time to see how can this disease be treated.
The next step after a person has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, is of course the treatment. Depending of the state in which the cancer is, there are various treatments. [...]
By: Emeka Ezidiegwu
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States – an estimated million cases are diagnosed annually and around 20% of people will show signs of skin cancer at some point during their lifetime. Less than 1,000 people die from skin cancer in a typical year, although if you [...]
Many men, especially those later in life have made the decision with their doctors to simply watch and wait. About 80 percent of men who reach the age of 80 have prostate cancer.
There are two primary bladder cancer symptoms – a drastic change in urination habits or patterns, and blood in the urine. Unfortunately, many instances of this potentially deadly disease are still unrecognized in people’s lives.
Approximately 54,300 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. every year, and over…
The prostate is a small, walnut-sized structure that makes up part of a man’s reproductive system; it wraps around the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body – because of this can cause various urinary problems.
The thyroid gland, shaped like a butterfly, sits just below the skin and several thin muscle layers in the lower part of the neck. It’s attached to the deeper neck structures (trachea and voice box) and elevates when we swallow.
It is important to know that there are a lot of risk factors for prostate cancer that we cannot control. The chances to develop prostate cancer are small in men under 50 years old, but after this age, the risk grows a lot
Bladder cancer symptoms are often not apparent until the disease has progressed to an advanced and sometimes fatal stage. This means that if you’re genetically susceptible to bladder cancer, you must be diligent about testing and early detection. To learn more about the risks of bladder cancer, its causes and…
Just about all men with prostate cancer survive at least five years after their diagnosis, 93% survive at least 10 years, and 67% survive more than 15 years.
Most prostate cancer symptoms, although associated with prostate cancer, are more likely to be connected to non-cancerous conditions.
In most men, prostate cancer grows very slowly: most men will never know they have it.
