Cross
section of prostate focused on the right
lobe, where there is prostate cancer.
During the last decade
have made extraordinary progress in
knowledge and treatment of prostate
cancer. Whenever there are more men who
live long enough to develop the disease
in a clinically manifest. No symptoms in
its early stages, but the tumor spreads
insidiously and often relentlessly to
the expansion of metastasis to other
organs and bones. Many die as a result
of this illness with great pain and
prolonged suffering.
Currently, the genetic knowledge to
disclose the current high-risk families,
it also recognizes that careful
attention to the daily diet, a fact long
regarded as a passing fad plays a causal
role: This knowledge has been gained
through research of geographical
differences in the incidence of the
process, which has led to define racial
groups most likely to suffer from
prostate cancer. Modifications to diet
and lifestyle can slow or even prevent,
the frank expression of the disease.
Screening in the population are now a
reality. Whenever there are more men who
presented for screening of the prostate
so that the urologist will perform
digital rectal examination and
examination of blood prostate-specific
antigen. The key is really to discover
how early the disease, the potential of
malignancy, and if the disease is
active, putting at risk the patient's
life is either an incidental finding in
an otherwise healthy man who is about
the twilight of its existence. Modern
methods of diagnostic imaging such as
transrectal ultrasound and biopsies
taken to accurately provide the
information necessary to make such
assessments. With careful histological
and biological studies, it seems likely
that you can predict the future
behavior.
Once diagnosed with early prostate
cancer and to accurately grade and
stage, the next problem is how the
disease should be eliminated. "There are
alternatives such as removal of the
gland, radiation and in some cases it
may take a conduct regular monitoring.
If the disease is advanced and can not
provide the cure and treatment is
palliative with hormone therapy.
