Getting a better understanding of the prostate and prostate cancer

What is exactly is prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer has its starting point in the prostate. Prostate is a gland located in front of the rectum, right below the bladder. A prostate contains a number of cells and numerous types of  particular cell. Most times the prostate cancers develop and start growing from the glandular cells. These glandular cells are instrumental in generating the fluid that becomes a part of the semen.
Prostate cancer cells are just like any other cells. They want to spread and infect all other parts of the body. They can start spreading by first taking over all the nearby tissues and organs like rectum or bladder. Slowly they travel to other parts of the body through the lymph nodes and the blood stream. This entire process is known as metastatic prostate cancer.

Apart from the lymph nodes close to the prostate, the most common place for prostate cancer to develop and spread, or simply metastasis, is the spine. (In general it can be any part where bones exist). For people who are not regular with their doctor appointments will learn that the prostate cancer has already gone to higher stages before they can even understand that they have the disease.

Then VS now

Many doctors thought that prostate cancer only occur in older men as a result of them aging. This is why earlier the disease was ignored  to a large extent until it started affecting young  men as  well. Since then, a lot of practices have come out and there are a number of better treatments in store for prostate cancer. Many men who are going through  the disease or had it in the past are living better, productive and active lives than their predecessors did. The cost of prostate cancer treatment in india will be explained to you in a greater detail once you consult an oncologist.

Get a better understanding of the prostate: 

The prostate is responsible to make and store fluid from the semen. This is a cloudy liquid that not just protects but also nourishes the sperm. The prostate is all around the urethra, which is a tube that does the work of carrying the semen and urine out of the body.

Many men can develop a condition known as benign prostatic hyperplasia, in simple words, the enlargement of the prostate. The normal size of a grown man’s prostate is the size of a walnut. If the prostate grows large, it can substantially slow down and block the passage and flow of urine. This is why you will see that even though prostate cancer is much worse, it does not mess up your urination as much. However, since the prostate is located  so close to important structures of the body and urethra, prostate cancer  can leave destruction in its wake. It can disrupting your bowel movements, sexual performance and function and normal urination.

Diagnosis

Just like all other  cancers, if prostate cancer is detected in time through proper screening tests then a proper diagnosis is possible.