Research Paper On Prostate Cancer
Typhoon Thongprakob
Mrs. Gillaspie
Anatomy
23 January, 2017
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a disease only for men, but women still need to know about it in case of someone in their family is being diagnosed with a prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers for men, and is the second deadliest. Prostate cancer is the cancer in man’s prostate, the gland that produce seminal fluid. The prostate is an exocrine gland that is directly under the bladder and the function of the prostate is to excrete liquid waste product such as urine out of the body. One out of seven men will be diagnosed with this disease during his life. Fortunately, men do not have to worry until they get older, because about six out of ten cases are …show more content…
diagnosed in men 65 years or older. African American men have the highest rate of prostate cancer in the world, because prostate cancer affects black men twice as often as it does white men and also the mortality rate among blacks is also twice as great. In US, over 200,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer per year. Around 28,000 men died from this. Although prostate cancer is not usually a deadly disease; however, people can still die from it if they do not get it treated. This research will be talking about the causes, the symptoms, and the treatments of the prostate cancer.
In the most of the cases, the prostate cancer starts in the gland cells called adenocarcinoma, a type of cancer that starts in the gland that line the inside of one of your organs.(“What is Adenocarcinoma?”, www.webmd.com) Prostate cancer is classified in four stages.
It is important for doctors to know the stage of cancer so that they can choose a method to treat the patients. There is no specific cause for prostate cancer; however, there many possible factors concerning prostate cancer such as age, race, lifestyle, medications, and genetics. From the statistics, genetics is definitely a factor in prostate cancer. Not having a proper diet can also lead to a cause of getting a prostate cancer. Some studies also showed that there is a link between the using of anti-inflammatory medicines and a prostate cancer risk. A study also found that a medicine that used to lower the cholesterol levels of the body, which is statins, can reduce a risk of getting a prostate cancer. Last but not least, age is considered as a primary factor, because prostate cancer is very rare among men under 45 year of age but much more common after the age of 50.(“Causes of Prostate Cancer,” …show more content…
www.medicalnewstoday.com)
In the early stage of prostate cancer, there are usually no symptoms at all.(Walsh, 137) Men at this stage will find out about prostate cancer after their routine checkup or a blood test. When symptoms do occur, one or more usually show up. Some of the symptoms include patients urinating more often and painful, and there also might be blood in the urine. One of the less common symptoms is that the patient experiences pain during ejaculation. Patients may also find that maintaining or achieving erection can also be difficult for them. In the later stage of the cancer, patients can also suffer from a back pain, often in the spine, pelvis, or ribs. The proximal part of femur that form the hip joint can also be painful. If the cancer has spread to the spine and the spinal cord, patients may also experience legs weakness, urinary incontinence or the involuntary leakage of urine as well as fecal incontinence or the inability to control the bowel movements.
The treatments can be complicated for prostate cancers as there are various ways to treat prostate cancer depending of the stage of the cancer. In the early stage of cancer or if the cancer is still small, it is usually managed by watchful waiting. The PSA or the Prostate-Specific Antigen blood level will be monitored at this point. Only 15 percent of men with a PSA level lower than 4ng/ml and 25 percent of men with a PSA level between 4 and 10 will turn out to have cancer.(Walsh, 167) Some of the other treatments are radical prostatectomy, the prostate is removed by surgery. Radiotherapy can also be used to treat prostate cancer by shooting a beam with variable intensity depending on cases to kill the cancer cell. For more advanced prostate cancer, different and multiple treatment will also be required. A common treatment is hormone therapy which is a very effective way to slow down or even stop the growth of cancer cells. However, hormone therapy may stop working, and some prostate cancer cells are not affected by hormone therapy at all.(Walsh, 450) The most common treatment is chemotherapy. There are various kind of chemo drugs which the doctor will choose depending on the cancer. There will also be some side effects from taking chemotherapy treatments. Some of the common side effects are hair loss, mouth sores, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and also diarrhea. Chemo drugs also reduces the white blood cells in the body. This can increase a chance of infections, easily getting bruise or bleeding, and also fatigue. Another advance and interesting new way to treat prostate cancer is called Proton Therapy, a treatment in which a full or higher treatment dosages of proton beams are delivered to destroy the main tumor without causing a damage to the surrounding organs.(Loma Linda University, Proton Therapy Treatment, www.protons.com) These are only the few ways to treat prostate cancer. There are much more treatments available for prostate cancer in which patient will have to discuss it with their doctors.
By knowing causes, symptoms, and treatments can help men to start having a healthy diet and life.
The patients may not die from the disease, but they surely do not want to wait until their cancer is in the advanced stage and have to pay more money for the treatments. The causes of cancer may not be very clear and specific, but knowing the factors that causes the prostate cancer will help every men to prepare and prevent the prostate cancer. All of the symptoms above is not very unique, but can lead to prostate cancer. Selecting treatments can be an issue to the patient, because some effective methods for treatments could be costly. Even though this type of cancer may not sounded that bad for most of the people, but men or even women should at least know what is the prostate cancer is all about, because this could happen to themselves, or even their husband, grandfather, or anyone they
love.
Mrs. Gillaspie
Anatomy
23 January, 2017
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a disease only for men, but women still need to know about it in case of someone in their family is being diagnosed with a prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers for men, and is the second deadliest. Prostate cancer is the cancer in man’s prostate, the gland that produce seminal fluid. The prostate is an exocrine gland that is directly under the bladder and the function of the prostate is to excrete liquid waste product such as urine out of the body. One out of seven men will be diagnosed with this disease during his life. Fortunately, men do not have to worry until they get older, because about six out of ten cases are …show more content…
diagnosed in men 65 years or older. African American men have the highest rate of prostate cancer in the world, because prostate cancer affects black men twice as often as it does white men and also the mortality rate among blacks is also twice as great. In US, over 200,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer per year. Around 28,000 men died from this. Although prostate cancer is not usually a deadly disease; however, people can still die from it if they do not get it treated. This research will be talking about the causes, the symptoms, and the treatments of the prostate cancer.
In the most of the cases, the prostate cancer starts in the gland cells called adenocarcinoma, a type of cancer that starts in the gland that line the inside of one of your organs.(“What is Adenocarcinoma?”, www.webmd.com) Prostate cancer is classified in four stages.
It is important for doctors to know the stage of cancer so that they can choose a method to treat the patients. There is no specific cause for prostate cancer; however, there many possible factors concerning prostate cancer such as age, race, lifestyle, medications, and genetics. From the statistics, genetics is definitely a factor in prostate cancer. Not having a proper diet can also lead to a cause of getting a prostate cancer. Some studies also showed that there is a link between the using of anti-inflammatory medicines and a prostate cancer risk. A study also found that a medicine that used to lower the cholesterol levels of the body, which is statins, can reduce a risk of getting a prostate cancer. Last but not least, age is considered as a primary factor, because prostate cancer is very rare among men under 45 year of age but much more common after the age of 50.(“Causes of Prostate Cancer,” …show more content…
www.medicalnewstoday.com)
In the early stage of prostate cancer, there are usually no symptoms at all.(Walsh, 137) Men at this stage will find out about prostate cancer after their routine checkup or a blood test. When symptoms do occur, one or more usually show up. Some of the symptoms include patients urinating more often and painful, and there also might be blood in the urine. One of the less common symptoms is that the patient experiences pain during ejaculation. Patients may also find that maintaining or achieving erection can also be difficult for them. In the later stage of the cancer, patients can also suffer from a back pain, often in the spine, pelvis, or ribs. The proximal part of femur that form the hip joint can also be painful. If the cancer has spread to the spine and the spinal cord, patients may also experience legs weakness, urinary incontinence or the involuntary leakage of urine as well as fecal incontinence or the inability to control the bowel movements.
The treatments can be complicated for prostate cancers as there are various ways to treat prostate cancer depending of the stage of the cancer. In the early stage of cancer or if the cancer is still small, it is usually managed by watchful waiting. The PSA or the Prostate-Specific Antigen blood level will be monitored at this point. Only 15 percent of men with a PSA level lower than 4ng/ml and 25 percent of men with a PSA level between 4 and 10 will turn out to have cancer.(Walsh, 167) Some of the other treatments are radical prostatectomy, the prostate is removed by surgery. Radiotherapy can also be used to treat prostate cancer by shooting a beam with variable intensity depending on cases to kill the cancer cell. For more advanced prostate cancer, different and multiple treatment will also be required. A common treatment is hormone therapy which is a very effective way to slow down or even stop the growth of cancer cells. However, hormone therapy may stop working, and some prostate cancer cells are not affected by hormone therapy at all.(Walsh, 450) The most common treatment is chemotherapy. There are various kind of chemo drugs which the doctor will choose depending on the cancer. There will also be some side effects from taking chemotherapy treatments. Some of the common side effects are hair loss, mouth sores, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and also diarrhea. Chemo drugs also reduces the white blood cells in the body. This can increase a chance of infections, easily getting bruise or bleeding, and also fatigue. Another advance and interesting new way to treat prostate cancer is called Proton Therapy, a treatment in which a full or higher treatment dosages of proton beams are delivered to destroy the main tumor without causing a damage to the surrounding organs.(Loma Linda University, Proton Therapy Treatment, www.protons.com) These are only the few ways to treat prostate cancer. There are much more treatments available for prostate cancer in which patient will have to discuss it with their doctors.
By knowing causes, symptoms, and treatments can help men to start having a healthy diet and life.
The patients may not die from the disease, but they surely do not want to wait until their cancer is in the advanced stage and have to pay more money for the treatments. The causes of cancer may not be very clear and specific, but knowing the factors that causes the prostate cancer will help every men to prepare and prevent the prostate cancer. All of the symptoms above is not very unique, but can lead to prostate cancer. Selecting treatments can be an issue to the patient, because some effective methods for treatments could be costly. Even though this type of cancer may not sounded that bad for most of the people, but men or even women should at least know what is the prostate cancer is all about, because this could happen to themselves, or even their husband, grandfather, or anyone they
love.