Prostate cancer is one of the common cancers afflicting man. Prostate cancer is usually detected late in life and progresses very slowly. Sometimes it said that before prostate cancer can endanger the life, something else would kill the patient.
It is a cancerous growth of prostate gland. This disease usually strikes men in their 60s and 70s.
Prostate cancer appears more common in certain races as compared to others. It is noted that American blacks have a much higher incidence and men from Japan have a low incidence of prostate cancer.
The present study shows that there is no significant correlation between prostate cancer and marital status or fertility of an individual. No differences were found between cancer and control groups with respect to circumcision, weight, height, blood group, consumption of tobacco or alcohol, or specific medical or surgical history.
The human body is made up of billions of cells. These cells multiply and ensure growth, tissue renewal and wound healing. Cancer is an illness characterized by a significant growth and proliferation of abnormal cells. These cells form tumor (tumor), which are called as cancerous or malignant growths. In man, the prostate is one of the parts of the body most frequently affected by cancer.
These cancerous or malignant tumors (tumor) hinder the function of the organ in which they develop as well as crush and destroy other normal organs. A certain type of process (metastasis) can occur in which some of the cancer cells become detached from a malignant tumor and are disseminated, for example in the blood flow. They colonize in other parts of the body, where they cause the development of new tumors.
Cancer arising from the glands located in the prostate is called adenocarcinoma of the prostate or prostatic cancer. It is slow growing and may take 10 to 15 years before it is large enough. If cancer penetrates the capsule of the prostate and spreads to adjacent organs such as the bladder or the rectum then it is called locally advanced prostatic cancer. In case, prostatic cancer spreads to distant organs such as bones then it is known as metastatic prostate cancer. However, the cancer cells lodged in the bones are still prostatic in origin and it is not a bone cancer per se.
Cancer of prostate usually progresses very slowly. Early prostate cancer causes no pain. It is only when it invades other tissues or nerves in the neighboring areas, or it goes to the bones that it starts causing pain. Symptoms of prostate cancer may vary from person to person, however, the more common one is as follows:
The precise cause of prostate cancer is unknown; although, hormonal, environmental and genetic factors can play a role. The following factors have strong links with prostate cancer:
There are several steps to establishing the presence of a prostate cancer. The important ones are as follows:
To indicate the gravity of the situation, doctors use two terms: Stage and Grade of the tumor. When we talk about Stage of cancer, it refers to the degree of spread of cancer and if indeed there is spread, to what extent and involving which organs.
Following are the stages of Prostate Cancer:
Stage I: The cancer is not detectable by a digital rectal examination and is do not pose any problem to the patient. The cancer is usually incidentally found during some other surgical procedure to relieve urinary problems.
Stage II: The prostate tumor that can be felt during DRE but there is no evidence of cancer spread outside the prostate.
Stage III: There is spread outside the prostate to nearby tissues.
Stage IV: Cancer cells are detectable in other distant parts of the body.
The grading of a cancer is a microscopic issue, in which the pathologist tells you how aggressive this particular type of cancer is; in which well-differentiated means less aggressive, moderately differentiated is intermediately aggressive, and poorly differentiated is more aggressive.
There is an important consideration while starting treatment for prostate cancer in early lesions, which are entirely asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. Many of these patients may be very old and the treatment if too radical could have possibly more side effects and risks, which could outweigh the possible benefits the patient would derive from it. At this stage, medical care, which aims to reduce the symptoms without curing the patient is warranted. This treatment is called as palliative treatment. Homeopathy, which is gentle, effective, and devoid of side effects, can be the best palliative treatment option.
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