The cancer of the prostate is an often encountered affliction, seen mostly in men who are aged more than 50. The chances of developing prostate cancer, and also prostate cancer that spreads to bones, grow with age, and also it has often been noted that cancer appears and grows in patients who have a family history of prostate cancer or ovarian cancer.



There is a saying among specialists, according to which if men were to reach the age of 140, all of them would suffer from cancer in the prostate, but not all of these cases would come equipped with clinically visible symptoms.



According to research conducted, one safe conclusion is that some of the prostate cancer patients have a predisposition in their genes to develop prostate cancer. In layman terms this means that you have more chances to be diagnosed with prostate cancer if your brother, grandfather or father has heard such a diagnosis before you. The influence of the hormones is a major, very important, element in the occurrence as well as in the fight against cancer of the prostate.

For example, people who have been castrated or people who, say, have no testosterone secretion, will not develop prostate cancer. Influenced by testosterone and other androgens, the cancer of the prostate grows, while the influence of female hormones has a diminishing effect on the cancer and a shrinking effect on the tumor. The removal of the gonads, or in other terms the removal of the testicles, causes the tumor to go into remission.

The eating habits and the elements in the environment also have a bearing on the occurrence, evolution and fight against cancer of the prostate. It is common belief among specialists that the foods that are rich in vitamins C and A, such as vegetables, have a prophylactic effect on the body, while the food products that are oozing with fat favor the appearance and evolution of prostate cancer, because they change the cholesterol and the steroid metabolism.

There is no official and empirically certified connection between the appearance of prostate cancer and the existence of various infections, viruses or microbes, in the body. This is a cause for controversy in the scientific world, and until further proof is presented to elaborate this claim, caution imposes a temporary dismissal of such claims. Prostate cancer that spreads to bones usually describes a situation that doctors and cancer specialists call bone metastasis. A metastasis is a process in which the cluster of chaotically dividing cells (tumor) begins to spread its diseased cells towards the rest of the body, causing the infection of other nearby healthy organs and cells.



The diseased cells spread by the tumor roam through the organism, hitching rides on blood vessels until they reach new organs. Once they arrive at a new location, a new and healthy organ, the diseased cells catch root and start their own process of division. When the diseased cells disseminated by the prostate tumor reach one of the bones, the event is called metastasis of the bone, and this is a case of prostate cancer that spreads to bones. The usual symptoms of prostate cancer usually appear in the later stages of the disease, and are usually manifested as trouble during the process of urination.