Prostate cancer is one of the most frequent forms of cancer occurring in men. The chances to develop this type of cancer grow with age, but the affliction can also be found in younger men. Early diagnosis greatly improves prostate cancer treatments, cure rate and even cures the condition altogether.



Prostate cancer appears when the cells of the prostatic gland grow in an uncontrolled and abnormal manner. The uncontrolled multiplication of the prostate cells leads to an increase in the size of the prostate, which, later, causes problems in urination. The widening of the prostate could obstruct the urethra or the urinary tract that passes through the prostate, from the bladder to the penis.

Depending on the type of cancer cells, their spreading degree outside the prostate, age and the presence of other afflictions, people diagnosed with prostate cancer can receive one or more methods of treatment.



Local malignant tumors of the prostate are treated radically. The cancer that can be found in the prostate and which has not gone beyond the anatomic capsule of the prostate is perfectly curable. In this case, the urologist could surgically remove the prostate, choose interstitial radiotherapy of the prostate (introducing into the prostatic gland several radioactive iodine seeds that destroy cancer cells, without the need for surgical intervention) or go with external radiotherapy (hormone-therapy).

The surgical treatment of prostate cancer is recommended when the malignant tumor is caught while it is still constricted by the anatomical capsule. There can be various methods used for the removal of cancer cells, including: the use of classic surgery, laparoscopic surgery or robotic surgery. Through such interventions, the surgeon will completely remove the prostate. Depending on the surgical intervention, hospitalization interval varies between 2 and 3 weeks. If the illness returns, the hormone therapy will be repeated and the patient will receive medicine that inhibits the testosterone produced by the testicles. When the cancer has gone beyond the anatomic capsule, treatment is no longer radical, just palliative.

The treatment of prostate cancer using radioactive iodine involves the introduction into the prostatic gland of some radioactive iodine seeds that destroy cancer cells. The radioactive iodine dose used will be calculated depending on the volume of the prostatic tumor tissue.

The medicine treatment of the prostate cancer is mainly aimed at changing the patient’s hormonal profile, namely inhibiting the excessive secretion of testosterone. The hormonal condition manifested by men is the one that determined the occurrence of prostate cancer.



The diagnosis and early treatment of prostate cancer is even more important given that the occurrence of this illness is continuously growing. Here it needs to be repeated that early diagnosis greatly improves prostate cancer treatments, cure rate and even cures the condition altogether. The incidence of prostate cancer is growing and the average age of patients keeps decreasing. There can be very young men who develop prostate cancer, even at the age of 30. The affliction is so frequent that in some areas, at the age of 80, more than 80% of men are suffering from prostate cancer, according to specialists.