Prostrate Cancer Awareness Campaign
It is now generally agreed that a wider prostate cancer awareness needs to be created to raise consciousness and reduce ignorance about the disease.
Tests, treatment and cure.
The most important step in battling this disease is making information readily available, creating awareness about what it is , who is affected and what are the choices of treatment.
The core to successful treatment, cure or eradication of prostate cancer lies in early testing to ensure early detection of its presence or onset. And so men of 45 years and above should go for screening tests.
This is a cancer common among older men and is one whose growth and spread is generally slow. Sometimes no signs of its presence can be found in the early stages. That is why the solution lies in regular tests.
The tests help the doctor find the presence of any cancer tumours in the prostate. If he finds cells that are benign, he can rule out the presence of cancer. If found malignant then the cells are cancerous. This is important knowledge in prostate cancer awareness.
More tests and early treatment.
If the tumour in the gland is malignant (cancerous) more testing over time will be continued. This is watchful waiting to ensure the cancer does not spread beyond the prostate gland while delaying treatment until absolutely needed.
To further aid in this containment the doctor may use the hormone therapy to reduce the male hormone testosterone which causes rapid multiplication of cancer cells.
More than this, if the cancer is showing signs of growing outside the gland, the doctor may then decide to remove the prostate gland by surgery. This should remove the cancer for good and chances of its recurrence are negligible.
Raising prostate cancer awareness brings hope to succeeding in the battle against the disease. The big step is for men now to show up for early screening tests.
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