| In this world, there is only one thing that | | | | correlation to having prostate cancer. Men |
| can bend every man on his knees-- loss of | | | | with relatives who had prostate cancer are |
| sexual supremacy. You can take everything | | | | very likely to have one also. Race is not |
| away from a man but never his phallic ego. | | | | actually a direct factor but studies have |
| The distinctive dynamics of man's sexuality | | | | found out that trends of cancer cases vary |
| is what essentially differentiates them from | | | | from region to region. The changes in a man's |
| women. All sons of Adam can give up a life in | | | | environment is also found to be capable of |
| the paradise but can never do without their | | | | altering genetic predisposition. For example, |
| most precious sexual dominion. They can wage | | | | Japanese men have relatively low records of |
| and fight all wars, battle all beasts and | | | | acquiring prostate cancer but studies have |
| demons, and conquer any land. But the thought | | | | shown that Japanese men working or living in |
| of losing their sexual supremacy can make | | | | America or Europe have high risk factors. As |
| their raging hormones slow down. Men can sit | | | | in other kinds of cancer, the quality of |
| down on the negotiating table, and bargain | | | | lifestyle is also being pointed to as a |
| and compromise for whatever it takes to keep | | | | significant factor in the chances of |
| hold of their manhood. You can throw any hurt | | | | developing prostate cancer. Smoking and |
| or injury on a man's body and tear up most of | | | | chemical abuse among men is highly suspected |
| his psyche and he definitely would not care | | | | to be a triggering factor for cancerous cells |
| less, but lambasting what is in between his | | | | to develop in the prostate region. Industrial |
| legs and its interconnections to the other | | | | pollution, diet with high saturated fat |
| aspects of his existence will give him a run | | | | content, and other environmental toxins are |
| for his life.Impotence and sterility are two | | | | also likely to have a link, albeit not |
| of the most common ailments dreaded by men. | | | | direct, to prostate cancer.Prostate cancer |
| But another major threat is prostate cancer. | | | | develops in two stages: the early stage and |
| It is so dreadful that it can take away not | | | | the late stage. In the early stage, |
| only sexual powers but life as a whole. In | | | | unfavorable symptoms can call enough |
| the United States, prostate cancer claimed | | | | attention from men. Usually, the strangest |
| 30,200 lives of the 189,000 recorded cases in | | | | thing being felt at this stage is difficulty |
| the year 2002. Currently, it ranks next to | | | | in urinating-- something most men easily |
| lung cancer as the leading cause of death | | | | ignore. Then the difficulty and pain in |
| among American men, who are the ones hit the | | | | urinating aggravate as the tumor in the |
| most by this reproductive cancer. Europeans | | | | prostate region grows bigger. It is only at |
| come next, and Asian men are the ones least | | | | this time that a lot of men take time to pay |
| inflicted.Prostate cancer, literally, is a | | | | attention and seek medical assessment. By the |
| kind of disease wherein cancer develops in or | | | | time the cancer reaches the later stage, the |
| around the prostate region of a man's | | | | cancer cells had already spread in other |
| reproductive system. This disease happens | | | | areas of the body. Prostate cancer cells |
| when prostate cells mutate and multiply | | | | usually travel to the surrounding lymph |
| uncontrollably. Just like other types of | | | | nodes, pelvic bone, lower spine, the lungs, |
| cancer, cells of this kind of cancer have the | | | | and the liver. Signs and symptoms of a |
| capability to spread or metastasize from the | | | | possible ailment in the areas already reached |
| areas near the prostate, thus reaching the | | | | by the cancer cells are common observations |
| other parts of a man's body. Spreading of | | | | for prostate cancer cases in the late |
| cancer cells mostly reach the bones and lymph | | | | stage.Prostate cancer, unfortunately, is |
| nodes. Prostate cancer causes much pain, | | | | still inevitable these days. Diagnosis has |
| specifically difficulty in urinating and in | | | | been made easier but choosing the right |
| having an erection, among others.Men over the | | | | treatment still remains a daunting task. The |
| age of 50 have the highest probability of | | | | kind of possible treatments for prostate |
| being inflicted with this cancer. What is | | | | cancer cases vary in three classifications: |
| distinctly alarming with this kind of cancer | | | | treatment for organ-confined cancer, |
| is that most men afflicted with it never show | | | | treatment for locally advanced cancer, and |
| symptoms, and hence, the cases are not | | | | treatment for metastatic cancer. For the |
| diagnosed as prostate cancer. They eventually | | | | organ-confined and locally advanced treatment |
| die of other causes mistaken to be not from | | | | options, surgery, radiation therapy, hormonal |
| prostate cancer.Sadly, the core reason for | | | | therapy, cryotherapy, or any combination of |
| the development of prostate cancer is still | | | | these is done to remove the tumor. While no |
| unknown. Studies have only gone as far as | | | | cure for metastatic cancer case is available |
| identifying factors that could trigger the | | | | at present, measures like chemotherapy and |
| development of cancer cells in the prostate. | | | | hormonal therapy can be administered to at |
| First factor being linked is aging. | | | | least slow down the growth and spread of more |
| Statistical data over the years have shown | | | | cancer cells.Prostate cancer really poses a |
| that the risk of developing prostate cancer | | | | big threat for all men. The sexual, |
| is highest among men above the age of 40, and | | | | emotional, and social repercussions of having |
| the risk even gets higher as a man grows | | | | one is something every man is so wary about. |
| older. The other factors related to the risk | | | | However, it is something we must all accept |
| of developing prostate cancer are genetics, | | | | as a reasonable weakness or fear in the same |
| race, and quality of lifestyle. Genetic | | | | respect that we recognize women's fear of |
| predisposition is seen to have a very high | | | | losing their breasts from cancer. |