Research Paper On Prostate Cancer

Typhoon Thongprakob
Mrs. Gillaspie
Anatomy
23 January, 2017
Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is a disease only for men, but women still need to know about it in case of someone in their family is being diagnosed with a prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers for men, and is the second deadliest. Prostate cancer is the cancer in man’s prostate, the gland that produce seminal fluid. The prostate is an exocrine gland that is directly under the bladder and the function of the prostate is to excrete liquid waste product such as urine out of the body. One out of seven men will be diagnosed with this disease during his life. Fortunately, men do not have to worry until they get older, because about six out of ten cases are
It is important for doctors to know the stage of cancer so that they can choose a method to treat the patients. There is no specific cause for prostate cancer; however, there many possible factors concerning prostate cancer such as age, race, lifestyle, medications, and genetics. From the statistics, genetics is definitely a factor in prostate cancer. Not having a proper diet can also lead to a cause of getting a prostate cancer. Some studies also showed that there is a link between the using of anti-inflammatory medicines and a prostate cancer risk. A study also found that a medicine that used to lower the cholesterol levels of the body, which is statins, can reduce a risk of getting a prostate cancer. Last but not least, age is considered as a primary factor, because prostate cancer is very rare among men under 45 year of age but much more common after the age of 50.(“Causes of Prostate Cancer,”
The patients may not die from the disease, but they surely do not want to wait until their cancer is in the advanced stage and have to pay more money for the treatments. The causes of cancer may not be very clear and specific, but knowing the factors that causes the prostate cancer will help every men to prepare and prevent the prostate cancer. All of the symptoms above is not very unique, but can lead to prostate cancer. Selecting treatments can be an issue to the patient, because some effective methods for treatments could be costly. Even though this type of cancer may not sounded that bad for most of the people, but men or even women should at least know what is the prostate cancer is all about, because this could happen to themselves, or even their husband, grandfather, or anyone they