Cancer is one of the most terrible diseases in the whole wide world.It's spreading rate is very fast and inffects millions of persons every year.

One of the most known types of cancer is prostate cancer.Only men can suffer by this terrible disease,and often appears to men who are older than 55 years old.

The prostate is a gland which is located at the base of the urinary bladder. The prostate sorrounds the first part of an organ called urethra.The prostate helps urinating,by pressing the urethra and the urine is forced to go out the penis. The prostate also produces minerals and sugars,which are found in the semen,and develops sperm.

The prostate to a young man is like a walnut.The prostate grows larger by aging.This enlargement can make urinating difficult,that's why doctors recommend that males over 40 years old,to come to make periodic prostate checks.

Prostate cancer appears when in the prostate appear an uncontrolled growth of malignant cells,which spread very fast.The prostate is located at the base of the urinary bladder and it controls urinating and helps the appearance of a part of the semen.

A reasearch shows that prostate cancer is the second cause of death to males in the U.S.

Because this tumor grows slowly,prostate cancer is often discovered in the last stages of the illness,when it's slightly to cure the cancer.In the early stages of the tumor,the disease produce no symptoms and that's why it's very hard do discover it.Untreated cancer make the disease to spread in the body,affecting the bones,liver or lungs,this means that the cancer is metastizing.

Here are some symptoms of prostate cancer,which males should consider if they encounter them:

• a need of frequently urinating,mostly during the night


• difficulties in holding back the urine,or even urinating


• weak urinating,or interrupted urinating


• painful urination,or burning one


• difficult erections


• burning or painful ejaculation


• bloody urinating or ejaculation


• pain at the lower back or hips

These symptoms can also indicate the apperance of other disease such as BPH(benign prostatic hypertrophy) or genuine prostatitits.

That's why doctors recommend that males should make periodic check to thier prostate,to determine their health condition of this gland.