Prostate cancer: diagnosis and treatment

摘要

It is a sad fact that prostate cancer kills around 2500 Australian men every year, second only to lung cancer in terms of cancer mortality. Many of these deaths could have been avoided if men regularly visited their doctors for a blood test and examination to detect the early signs of cancer. The prostate is a small doughnut-shaped gland located below the bladder surrounding the urethra or the tube going from the bladder to the penis. Since it is an internal gland, it is generally ignored unless it enlarges and squeezes the urethra. If that occurs, men can experience the frequent urge at night to urinate, a sudden need to urinate, difficulty in starting, stopping or passing urine or discomfort when urinating.