Awareness For Prostate Cancer

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The prostate is a small gland, about the size of a walnut and shaped like a doughnut. It is located in the abdomen, surrounding the urethra at the base of the bladder. One of its roles is to make and store a fluid that makes up semen.

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This gland undergoes many changes during a man's life. At birth, it is about the size of a pea. It grows only slightly until puberty, when it begins to enlarge rapidly, attaining adult size and shape when a man reaches his early 20s. It generally remains stable until about the mid-40s when, in most men, it begins to enlarge again.

There are three main conditions that can affect this gland:

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: This is the medical term for a prostate gland that becomes abnormally enlarged. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia shares many of the same symptoms of prostate cancer where urinary symptoms can be particularly troubling. It can usually be managed with daily medication.Prostatitis or inflammation of the prostate: This usually occurs as a result of urinary tract infection and can subside when the infection is treated quickly.Prostate cancer: This is when prostate cells start to grow uncontrollably. If it is not treated, the cancer may spread to other parts of the body. Prostate cancers are not all the same; some are fast growing and others spread very slowly.

Age is the most significant risk factor of all for prostate cancer. It is quite rare in men under 50. Nearly two out of three cases occur in men aged 70 and over.

Tiny areas of slow-growing prostate cancer are extremely common among elderly men and many are unaffected by them during their natural lifetime. It is thought that all men would show some signs of prostate cancer if they lived to over 100 years of age.

It is important to note that most men with urinary difficulties or symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia are no more at risk of prostate cancer than those without.

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