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The prostate<\/strong> is a walnut-sized gland located below the bladder and surrounding the urethra. Its main function is to produce part of seminal fluid.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in men,<\/strong> and the first amongst those over 75 years of age. It appears after the age of 40 and, generally, has a very slow growth rate.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is most common amongst black people, people with a high consumption rate of fat in their diets, and its likelihood of appearing is greater when there are family antecedents<\/strong> of postate cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

It usually causes no symptons<\/strong>, and in most cases, is diagnosed by an increase of a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) detected in a blood test. Certainly of the diagnosis may only be obtained through a biopsy of the prostate<\/strong>, wich is an examination performed under local anesthesia and which usually does not present any great complications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, and thanks to its test-based diagnosis, most prostate cancers are detected during early stages of the disease.<\/strong> As a result, it may oftentimes be cured. However, even in advanced stages of the cancer, reponse to medical treatment is good and high levels of survival are reached with a good quality of life.<\/p>\n

Treatments used<\/strong> at present include, during initial phases, surgery<\/strong> (radical prostatectomy) and radiotherapy <\/strong>(external or brachytherapy). In advanced stages, treatment is based on hormone therapy through wich the secretion of testicular hormones is blocked, based on the fact that prostate cancer is a hormone-dependent tomour wich requires masculine hormones (androgens) to grow.<\/p>\n

As has already been mentioned, many prostate cancers progress very slowly, to the point that it is possible to not subject elderly people of a certain age, with a life expectancy of under 10 years, to any treatment. Instead, the tumour's growth is monitored, since along its natural development that person will probably mot show any tumour-related symptons and will pass away due to a different cause altoether.<\/p>\n

Dr. D. Luís Pérez Llorca – Urologist<\/p>\n

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The information published in this media neither substitutes nor complements in any way the direct supervision of a doctor, his diagnosis or the treatment that he may prescribe. It should also not be used for self-diagnosis.<\/em><\/p>\n

The exclusive responsibility for the use of this service lies with the reader.<\/em><\/p>\n

ASSSA advises you to always consult your doctor about any issue concerning your health.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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