Early Symptoms Prostate Cancer
Health Encyclopedia: Prostate Cancer
Article updated and reviewed by Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Editorial review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network on June 1, 2005.
The prostate is one of the male sex glands, located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The normal prostate is about the size of a walnut and it surrounds part of the urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body). The prostate makes fluid that becomes part of the ...
Expert & Community Posts
Are There Signs That I Have Prostate Cancer?
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert...asked me if there were any symptoms associated with prostate cancer . Symptoms of... Read more »
Prostate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction
By healthgal , Health Expert...So it is a bit alarming that advanced stage (IV) prostate cancer is being diagnosed in younger... Read more »
Can Erectile Dysfunction be a Symptom of Prostate Cancer?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert...is experiencing are not commonly associated with prostate cancer . The blood in the urine... Read more »
Prostate Cancer and Sex Drive: Can Testosterone Be Used?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert... Dear Dr. Motola, My prostate cancer is confined to the prostate. Right now a "wait &... Read more »
IMPACT Your Prostate Cancer
By healthgal , Health Expert... Moderate to advanced prostate cancer will nearly always require surgery as part of the Read more »
Health Guide
Prostate Cancer Screening
...Editorial review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network on May 10, 2005. The goal of screening for prostate cancer is to detect and effectively treat those cancers most likely to cause... Read more »PSA Testing and Screening for Prostate Cancer: When to Start
... At What Age Should I Start Getting PSA Tests? The age at which one should first have a prostate cancer screening has been debated. The recommendations of the American Cancer Society are... Read more »Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
...enlarged may have more blockage and greater problems. It is possible to have prostate enlargement and prostate cancer at the same time, but it is important to remember that prostate... Read more »Testicular Cancer
Over the past four decades, testicular cancer has equaled - and probably surpassed - Hodgkin's disease as the number one cancer in young men between the ages of 15 and 34. Overall, it is... Read more »Bone Cancer
Cancer that begins in the bone is called primary bone cancer. Primary bone cancer is relatively uncommon in comparison with secondary or metastatic cancer (cancer that occurs initially in another... Read more »Images
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