Celebrities Who Have Or Had Prostate Cancer
Published on Mar 18 2010, in the categories: Celebrities
Nowadays we live in world where more and more people suffer frm different diseases, HIV one might say has become the disease of this century, this being based on the very large number of cases, a number that increases day by day. Another disease that has a great impact on people is cancer with all its forms, from cancer of the bones, of the skin to cancer of the lungs and that of prostate. Everyone can be a victim of these diseases, no one is safe or more special than the other, not even the celebrities.
Prostate cancer is actually a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, in the male reproductive system. Those cancer cells may spread from the prostate to other parts of the body, such as the bones. This type of cancer may cause pain, and even difficulty in urinating, other problems during sexual intercourse. Different symptoms can develop and appear during later stages of the disease.
Statistics of detection of prostate cancers vary widely across the world, being more frequent in Europe, and especially the United States. This type of cancer tends to develop in men over the age of fifty, and even though a man may suffer from it many never have symptoms, undergo no therapy, and eventually die of other causes.
As i have said before this is a disease that does not forgive anyone, it does not make differences, neither doing any other disease. Many famous people, celebrities have being given the diagnostic of prostate cancer. But how are those celebrities who had or have prostate cancer? one might ask. One of these very important and public figures is no one else than Nelson Mandela former president of South Africa. In his treatment of the cancer, the former president choose not to have surgery but he actually wanted to have radiation therapy in order to fight and win against this diseases, and eventually wining. Other celebrities such as Rudolph Giuliani the mayor of New York has also been suffering from prostate cancer. The mayor did not make the same choice as Nelson Mandela, but in fact he decided to have surgery, a more aggressive approach to his disease, also wining in the battle against cancer.
The world wide known actor and academy award winner was , the famous Roert Deniro was diagnosed with early-stage cancer in 2003 at the age of 60. He , no like others, has kept details of his treatment private. An important fact in his medical history being that of his father dieing of prostate cancer at the age of 71.
The list of celebrities that suffer from cancer could continue with persons such as P ablo Neruda that died of the disease in 1973 at the age of 69, Colin Powel, he underwent surgery for prostate cancer and he also made a full recovery, becoming what it is called now a prostate cancer survivor. Thus cancer does not forgive anyone, he does not chooses his victims , anyone and anywhere could be one, no one is higher or lower on his list.
Prostate cancer is actually a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, in the male reproductive system. Those cancer cells may spread from the prostate to other parts of the body, such as the bones. This type of cancer may cause pain, and even difficulty in urinating, other problems during sexual intercourse. Different symptoms can develop and appear during later stages of the disease.
Statistics of detection of prostate cancers vary widely across the world, being more frequent in Europe, and especially the United States. This type of cancer tends to develop in men over the age of fifty, and even though a man may suffer from it many never have symptoms, undergo no therapy, and eventually die of other causes.
As i have said before this is a disease that does not forgive anyone, it does not make differences, neither doing any other disease. Many famous people, celebrities have being given the diagnostic of prostate cancer. But how are those celebrities who had or have prostate cancer? one might ask. One of these very important and public figures is no one else than Nelson Mandela former president of South Africa. In his treatment of the cancer, the former president choose not to have surgery but he actually wanted to have radiation therapy in order to fight and win against this diseases, and eventually wining. Other celebrities such as Rudolph Giuliani the mayor of New York has also been suffering from prostate cancer. The mayor did not make the same choice as Nelson Mandela, but in fact he decided to have surgery, a more aggressive approach to his disease, also wining in the battle against cancer.
The world wide known actor and academy award winner was , the famous Roert Deniro was diagnosed with early-stage cancer in 2003 at the age of 60. He , no like others, has kept details of his treatment private. An important fact in his medical history being that of his father dieing of prostate cancer at the age of 71.
The list of celebrities that suffer from cancer could continue with persons such as P ablo Neruda that died of the disease in 1973 at the age of 69, Colin Powel, he underwent surgery for prostate cancer and he also made a full recovery, becoming what it is called now a prostate cancer survivor. Thus cancer does not forgive anyone, he does not chooses his victims , anyone and anywhere could be one, no one is higher or lower on his list.
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