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Prostate cancer is a disease of the capsule of the prostate. It is a slowly developing disease. There is a genetic predisposition. It is also a disease of older men. The risk factors for prostate cancer are:
It is not easy to recommend prophylactic measures for prostate cancer but it is opserve that men who have a certain style of life suffer less under prostate cancer than others. The best example for these are the Asianes. How to protect myself from prostate cancer:
The regular yearly check up insures a confident healthy life and allows a simple treatment of prostate cancer, if any. The early treatment is simple and has a lower rate of complications and the expected rate of longer life is higher and you can enjoy a good life style after early treatment. Radical removal of the prostate means the removal of the prostate, seminal vesicles and lymph nodes of the pelvis on both sides through an open operation (abdominal or perineal). It is indicated in cases of prostate cancer which is discovered early. The operation may affect continence and erection. It results into some change in the life quality of the patient. Patients who have prostate cancer which is restricted to the gland itself. The lymph nodes of the pelvis should not be affected. There should be no distant disease as to the bones or liver. The general condition of the patient should permit the anaesthesia and the operation. |