A more recent 2017 study in the International Journal of Cancer, found men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer showed a positive association between long-term weight gain and risk of lethal prostate cancer.
Read MoreProstate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer of American men with one in 6 men who will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives.
Read MoreFor the year 2019, the American Cancer Society estimates that in the U.S., around 174,650 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed and about 31,620 men will die from the disease. T
Read MoreLet’s take a look at the many functions the prostate gland performs helping keep the male reproductive system up and running:
Read MoreThe controversy involves whether it’s worth the risk to do routine screening which some urologists believe can lead to overdiagnosis and thus overtreatment of otherwise harmless cancers.
Read MoreAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind lung and bronchus cancer and about 1 man in 39 will die because of it.
Read MoreDoctors also have different ways and ideas of how they approach certain diseases in treating them.
Read MoreUnderstand too, that even though prostate cancer is a man’s disease, the women who love them are greatly affected by it also.
Read MoreActive surveillance has increasingly emerged as a viable option for men who decide not to undergo immediate treatment (surgery or radiation therapy) for prostate cancer.
Read MoreThe research done in Sweden extensively reviewed the medical records of 52,000 men with brothers and fathers who had prostate cancer.
Read MoreCertain steps can be taken before, during and after the procedure to improve the outcome:
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