August 30, 2007

Cold weather and lack of physical activity may worsen symptoms. The researchers calculated that, even without treatment, only about 1% of men aged 55-59 with diagnosed low-grade disease would die within 15 years.

Prostate symptoms self-assessmentThe American Urological Association (AUA) prostate cancer vaccine BPH Symptom Score Index asks you eight prostate cancer vaccine questions that take just a couple of minutes to answer. Rochester, MI talks about current knowledge on cryotherapy, an effective treatment for localized disease by freezing the prostate. Apart from the emotional effects there are also practical aspects which need to be taken care of. Links to Web resources and hundreds of medical journal article abstracts.

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Early prostate cancer detection urged

If detected early, nearly 100 percent of men with prostate cancer will live five years after their diagnosis, says a U.S. expert.

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August 28, 2007

Fighting prostate cancer

A guide on how to prevent, detect and survive prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer claims its turf silently. The tumor grows in the prostate gland discreetly without any obvious symptoms until an advanced stage of growth is reached. The symptoms that do show up at this stage are too mellow to be associated with something as serious as cancer, and men usually ignore them attributing them simply to signs of advancing age.
Any man will get Prostate Cancer if he lives long enough. How come? 70% of all men above 90 have a tumor of some kind in his prostate gland. Nobody is immune to this deadly cancer. The only means of protection is to know it in and out and to detect it early on.
Billions have been spent on researching Prostate Cancer and none of that has resulted in a solid conclusion as to how it is caused although some factors that influence its formation have been identified conclusively. For instance, the age of a person affects the probability of cancer considerably. The older you are the higher is your chance of having prostate cancer. Men of African-American descent are genetically predisposed towards prostate cancer, and so are men who habitually consume […]

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