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news item on BBC - prostate cancer.
news item on BBC - prostate cancer.
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Agreed
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Facts is absolutely right on this.
Flow problems caused by benign enlargement of the prostate can often be alleviated by drugs. This is very common in men over fifty. A friend of mine has slow growing prostate cancer. The situation is just monitored at the moment. Another friend had fast-growing prostate cancer. He died of complications following chemotherapy earlier this year. Last year I had two biopsies which were negative for cancer. This year I was offered another biopsy which I declined. There comes a point where you have to exercise choice as once you are on the "pathway" you stay on it. If you are concerned by flow problems for goodness sake see your doctor who will give you a PSA test (simple blood test) and then put you on medication. In most cases, it's benign enlargement and easily treated. |
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blackbarn,a sensitive subject but crippen may have a point. I am sure I have read somewhere that a report was issued elsewhere in the world where treatment for prostate cancer was ineffective compared to merely watching and accepting the inevitable.The survival rates were apparently quite similar.I can't link to that but it may explain crippen's comment.
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If rapidly developing prostate cancer is caught in time, removal of the gland cures it. If secondary cancers have started then it's a different ball-game. Chemotherapy can suppress the immune system leaving the patient susceptible to other infections such as pneumonia or sepsis which could kill the patient before cancer does.
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I've had 3 PSA tests in about 6 years. The results were as follows:
1.2 1.3 1.6 A slow rise over 6 years. Doctor's recommendation is 'no action required' as long as the value is less than 4. Passing water first thing in the mornings is sometimes a little slow, but other mornings it seems perfectly normal. So nothing to worry about it seems (for the moment at least). |
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You're good to go moke
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I'd have the test annually though
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Facts - yes, good point.
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