“Cancer” is the term used in defining the abnormal condition of the rapid and uncontrollable growth of the body cells and the apparition of the cancerous cells.

The prostate cancer is one type of cancer affecting the prostate gland, found only in the male reproductive system; this organ is located near the rectum, below the bladder, it surrounds the urethra and is responsible with the making of the seminal fluid.

Without any early symptoms, the recently formed tumor can only be discovered with the help of the recommended screening tests and if the existence of the tumor is confirmed but it is left untreated then the cancerous cells tend to multiply abnormally and the cancer will eventually spread to the surrounding areas of the prostate as the rectum, bones, lymph nodes in the groin area or the seminal vesicle; this is the stage known as the metastatic cancer, when the cancerous prostate cells are being transported through the bloodstream and the lymphatic system to other internal regions of the body where they grow other tumors.



Usually the results of the treatments may vary according to how far spread is the cancer in the organism and this spreading process could be done by invading the neighboring tissues, spreading through the lymph vessels and lymph nodes or by traveling through the bloodstream to far away tissues.

With the Gleason scale or the staging process, the doctors will determine how advanced is your cancer, the tumor usually being organ-confined, locally advanced or metastatic, the advanced form of prostate cancer.

In this stage, the symptoms tend to appear and their aggressiveness will most likely affect the peaceful life of the patient; the most common prostate cancer symptoms are frequent urination or weak urine stream, burning or pain while urinating, blood in urine or semen, painful ejaculation, back pains, stiffness, ache; in the its advanced forms the cancer may cause bone pain, it could also spread fast to the lungs and liver causing coughing and chest pains, yellow skin and pain in the abdomen. If the spinal cord is affected by the prostate cancer it can cause a compression of the spine, resulting in weakness or fecal and urinary incontinence.

Treatments are sure available but unfortunately the results are less effective if the prostate cancer is metastatic. Just to give a small example: surgery, commonly known as prostatectomy, usually has little worth in treating the advanced forms of prostate cancer if the cancerous cells already reached the surrounding areas of the prostate gland.

I shall also enlist the other therapy forms used as treatments to prevent the growth of the tumor or to increase the life expectancies for those diagnosed with metastatic cancer: radiation therapy, done by damaging the DNA of the cancerous cells with implanted radioactive seeds or an external beam radiation, cryotherapy or the freezing of the prostate, chemotherapy, hormone therapy also known as androgen deprivation therapy, limiting the release of the testosterone in the organism.

There is also a procedure known as watchful waiting or expectant management defined as the monitoring of the evolution of the prostate cancer without prescribing any treatment to it and based only on maintaining a strict nutritional diet.

The metastatic cancer is something to be feared of because it is a rough way of showing just how vulnerable is the human body and how little does the medical community know about it and the way it’s functioning.

The keyword to avoid this rough disease is prevention and to always seek for a doctor’s counseling.