how they get that?
2006-06-05 19:51:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
cancer of the prostrate gland, in a male, who knows how anyone "gets" cancer, it just happens.
2006-06-05 19:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by macybluedawn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer of the prostate is primarily a disease of the older men and occurs most often in those beyond 60 years of age. On rectal examination, the cancer feels stony hard while the simple enlarged gland is rubbery. When discovered early in its course, when confined within the capsule of the gland, and when subjected to extensive and radical surgery, a large proportion of these cases can be cured. However symptoms often make their appearance when the growth has already spread beyond the gland and throughout the body. It is essential, therefore, that all men over 50 years of age examined every year.
While the cause of the prostatic cancer is unknown, it is recognized that for cotinuation of its growth, the cancer depends to a degree upon the secretion by the testicles of male sex hormone (testosterone). This is an important fact in the control and treatment of the disease.
Prostate (carcinoma) cancer is often grows very slowly, and it may not shorten the life-span very much. Cancerous nodules may grow slowly and may not spread outside the gland for 3 to 5 years. Once the cancer has spread outside the prostate, the time of survival is reduced markedly. Female sex hormones may help to bring some regression.
Please see the webpages for more details on Prostate cancer.
2006-06-05 21:50:52 · answer #2 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The prostate is a male sex gland. It produces a thick fluid that forms part of the semen. The prostate is about the size of a walnut. It is located below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The prostate surrounds the upper part of the urethra, the tube that empties urine from the bladder.
If cancer is found in the prostate, the doctor needs to know the stage, or extent, of the disease. Staging is a careful attempt to find out whether the cancer has spread and, if so, what parts of the body are affected. The doctor may use various blood and imaging tests to learn the stage of the disease. Treatment decisions depend on these findings.
The results of staging tests help the doctor decide which stage best describes a patient's disease:
Stage I (A)--The cancer cannot be detected by rectal exam and causes no symptoms. The cancer is usually found during surgery to relieve problems with urination. State I tumors may be in more than one area of the prostate, but there is no evidence of spread outside the prostate.
Stage II (B)--The tumor is felt in a rectal exam or detected by a blood test, but there is no evidence that the cancer has spread outside the prostate.
Stage III (C)--The cancer has spread outside the prostate to nearby tissues.
Stage IV (D)--Cancer cells have spread to lymph nodes or to other parts of the body
2006-06-05 19:59:02 · answer #3 · answered by babymikmik...... mwahhh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prostate cancer is cancer of the prostate Gland ... There isn't anything you can do to get it ... It is most likely taken care of with surgery ... Go to web MD and key the word and they can better exsplain what it is, all the facts ....Good Luck...Angel
2006-06-05 19:57:54 · answer #4 · answered by Angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prostate cancer would be a carcinoma of the prostate gland (found only in men). As far as how it occurs, like all cancer, we don't have any sure answers.
2006-06-05 19:59:14 · answer #5 · answered by druid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read that frequent ejaculation throughout your adult life helps a man to lower the chances of developing this condition in later life.
2006-06-06 08:14:52 · answer #6 · answered by chrislifetour 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋