As the name goes, the prostate cancer is a common men’s disease which often appears once the cancer cells form and begin to spread in the area of the prostate gland.

It is the second most frequent form of cancer, affecting men from all over the world.

If detected in early stages, the prostate cancer can be treatable and luckily even advanced forms of prostate cancer usually have a treatment. There are two known treatment procedures: the conventional one, meaning surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and an alternative method, which includes homeopathy, herbal therapy and even massages.

As a paradox, the early symptoms and signs of this sickness are not early at all. In fact they usually appear much later, when cancer begins to grow or spread in the prostate organ. This is precisely the reason why doctors recommend to all middle aged men to perform a screening, which is the best known procedure to detect early stages of cancer.


Some other common procedures for detecting cancer in absence of symptoms are the digital rectal exam or DRE and the prostate specific antigen blood tests or PSA. In the DRE test a doctor usually inserts a gloved finger into the rectum to feel the size of the prostate. The last one is used as an indicator to see how far cancer has spread apart from the gland.

From the age of forty onwards men are more exposed to this form of cancer and usually only after they experience an irritating pain they tend so seek for medical advice.

It is important not to frighten yourself with information gathered from all sorts of unspecialized media and stay calm until you get an expert's advice.

Some symptoms of prostate cancer are similar to another form of prostate disorders and diseases like the benign prostatic hypertrophy.


Here is a short list of general known prostate cancer symptoms: frequent urination or weak urine stream, burning or pain while urinating, blood in urine or semen, painful ejaculation, back pains, stiffness, ache. When we talk about advanced cancer, bone pain is the most common of all, the cancer spreading fast to the lungs and liver causing coughing and chest pains, yellow-ish 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.

Once diagnosed, the doctor will explain the best medical procedure to help alleviate future pains. Seek for as many advices and suggestions as possible and only after that try to make up your mind. Choose wisely and I reinstate the advice to not get frightened because as long as this illness has a treatment you still get plenty of chances to live!