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Prostate Cancer Causes And Risk Factors – 2 Important Ones To Be Aware Of.
While it’s really true that the disease called prostate cancer is now a big killer worldwide, it’s also true that it’s not the worst killer there is. A good thing about the condition (yes, there’s something good about it) is that it can be effectively treated if it’s discovered in good time.
What’s even better is that there are certain risk factors that are associated with the causing the condition. It is said that if you can minimize or even completely stop the risk factors, you might be able to prevent the condition. But of course, there are certain risk factors that you can’t do anything about. This article looks at 2 of the risk factors that might cause this type of cancer.
1. Family History – Have you checked on your family lineage to know if any member was once diagnosed of prostate cancer? If yes, then you are at risk of having this disease. Cancerous cells can be hereditary. You don’t have to wait until you are 50 to start screening for this condition; you should start even far earlier than 50 years old. Early detection would help you to get effectively treated of the illness and can enhance your survival, more than anything else. So, yes, it’s true that with prostate type of cancer, “a stitch in time saves nine!”
2. High levels of testosterone – If the level of this male sex hormone produced in your testes is high then you are likely to have a rev up in cancerous cells in your prostate gland. Studies on patient with prostate cancer have shown that they have an abnormal quantity of testosterone produced by the testes. Testosterone boosts the growth of cancer cells in the body. This is one reason why hormonal therapy is often recommended as one the treatment options for cancer of the prostate; so as to reduce the levels of this androgenic hormone.
There are some other risk factors (or causes) of prostate cancer but the ones explained above are key ones you must not ignore. Each or a combination of these risk factors could be responsible for the condition of different patients of the disease. You need to talk to your doctor for proper diagnosis so that the appropriate treatment. Again, one good thing about this type of cancer is that it takes time to get worse and can be effectively treated, if discovered in good time. So, you should always make it a habit of constantly going for yearly tests of the cancer, if you are above 40 years old.
Testing
It is believed by most that there is no way to prevent the disease, but early detection can make it possible to catch the cancer before it spreads to other parts in the body. A careful rectal exam of the prostate is the simplest and most cost-effective approach for detecting prostate cancer. The American Urologic Association recommends that ever man have an annual exam beginning at least by age forty. The American Cancer Society no longer recommends testing. They suggest discussing the options with your health care professional. (Wonder what that’s all about? When early detection clearly saves lives, who gains from not being tested except those who know they don’t have prostate cancer. And, without symptoms, who knows? Maybe the doctors and hospital and funeral homes gain?
Families sure don’t. Gives one something to think about!)
A blood test to detect elevated levels of a substance called prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is an excellent screening test for prostate cancer. PSA is currently the most valuable “”tumor marker”” available to diagnose and evaluate the effectiveness of therapy for prostate cancer. A PSA test result between 0 and 4 is considered to be within the normal range; a PSA over 10 is assumed to indicate cancer until proven otherwise. High PSA levels can be caused by factors other than cancer, including benign enlargement or inflammation of the prostate, an activity as innocuous as bicycle riding, or even the rectal exam itself. If a man’s PSA level is found to be high, the test should always be repeated, because it does yield false-positive or false-negative results an estimated 10 to 20 percent of the time. Having the test repeated every year may help a physician to better interpret the results; in healthy men, PSA levels tend to remain relatively stable, rising only gradually from year to year, while cancer causes the levels to rise more dramatically.
Ultrasound scanning of the prostate is often done to follow up on an abnormal rectal exam or PSA test. Other diagnostic tests, including computerized tomography (CT) scans, bone scans, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be necessary, but are costly. Ultimately, if test results point consistently to the presence of cancer, a tissue diagnosis must be done to confirm it. This can be done only by microscopic examination of a needle biopsy, preferably directed under ultrasound control. Repeated biopsies may be needed in some cases. This invasive procedure may itself cause complications. Bleeding, urinary retention, impotence and sepsis (blood poisoning) have been reported.
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