The prostate is a male specific organ, responsible with the making of the semen, so usually, after the age of forty, when all men experience the so-called “andropause” or “male menopause”, any hormonal problems and unbalances may lead to the apparition of some prostate disorders and diseases such as prostatitis, the benign prostatic hyperplasia and cancer.

Cancer is diagnosed only when the existence of cancer cells or a malignant tumor is detected and since there are no early symptoms to make this disease noticeable in its early stages, the screening tests are often recommended.



Every year, all around the world, one in six men gets to be diagnosed with a prostate cancer while in America, the prostate cancer is on the second place, after the lung cancer, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of men.

The prognosis is relevant in the cases when doctors wish to determine the characteristics of a cancer; unfortunately, each cancer is unique and that means that the same type of cancer could develop in different periods of time, at different stages in different patients, with different treatment results, making the prognosis challenging.

The two major prognosis for the outcome of the prostate cancer indicate a challenging treatment or the patient will respond well to the treatment; for the locally advanced cancer the survival rates can be prolonged but the metastatic cancer will prove merciless and the chances of survival, even with a proper treatment such as the hormone therapy or radiotherapy, will drop at low levels.

The results of the screening tests have to be interpreted by doctors because they don’t give an accurate diagnose whether the cancer exists or not or if it is organ confined or locally advanced. For example, with the digital rectal exam the physician will palpate with a gloved finger inserted into the rectum the size of the prostate and determine whether an abnormal lump or hardness is felt on the surface of the presumably infected gland and the prostate specific antigen blood tests can only indicate the level of the prostate specific antigen protein, which should be low in normal circumstances, making this test a tumor and biological marker.



An accurate diagnose can be obtained only with the help of the prostate biopsy complemented by a nomogram or the prostate mapping method.

The spreading process is done through the lymph system and bloodstream until the primary tumor, in the first stage being organ confined, affects the surrounding organs and tissues and gives birth to other secondary and small tumors. These tumors can become metastatic and affect vital organs such as the liver, lungs and brain.

Usually, the common reported signs and symptoms are: ache or abdomen and bone pain, blood in urine or semen, compression of the spine, burning while urinating, painful ejaculation, leg weakness or incontinence, weak or frequent urine stream, burning while urinating, back pains, stiffness, painful ejaculation, pain while urinating.

If you have a problem with pooping that could also mean that you may or may not have a prostate cancer. As I’ve mentioned above, some symptoms can be caused by some other prostate disorders, not only cancer, and the enlargement of the prostate caused by the benign prostatic hyperplasia may affect the activity of pooping.

The best thing is to contact your personal doctors if some of the above mentioned symptoms are reported because detecting the prostate cancer in its early stages can only increase the chances of curing it; the lifetime probability to develop cancer is of sixteen percent and if cancer is detected early there is a ninety eight percent chance of survival at least for five years after the initial diagnose.