The Prostate gland is part of
the male reproductive system
The gland provides the seminal
fluid and is positioned just below the bladder
Prostate Cancer is the second
largest killer of men
1 in 3 men will get Prostate
Cancer before he dies
10,000 men a year die of this
in the
What are the Symptoms?
A Weak and sometimes
intermittent flow of urine
Difficulty in starting
urination
Frequent urination
Difficulty in postponing
urination
Having to get up at night to
urinate
A feeling that the bladder is
not completely empty after urinating
Late Symptoms
Blood in the urine
Pain around the prostate or in
the pelvis lower back and hips
Why is Prostate Cancer the Second Most Serious Cancer in Men (only lung cancer causes a greater number of deaths)
Symptoms are easily missed
Symptoms don’t necessarily
occur in the early stages
Men are not made aware until
it’s too late
Most men who die of prostate
cancer have secondary growths in other parts of the body
No Annual Screening Programme
available on the
Can Prostate Cancer be detected before symptoms exist
Yes with a PSA blood test and
diagnostic procedures
PSA stands for Prostate
Specific Antigen
The level of PSA will detect
the level of the problem
The level will get higher as
you get older
NHS consider less than 4ng/ml
of blood to be OK
More than 4ng/ml of blood
indicates problems
A sudden rise in YEARLY
readings indicates a problem
The Three Prostate Problems
PROSTATITIS
BPH - BENIGN PROSTATIC
HYPERPLASIA
PROSTATE CANCER
Further Diagnostic Tests
BIOPSY
URINE TEST
DIGITAL RECTALEXAMINATION
IMAGING TECHNIQUES
Treatment
Prostate cancer may be localised –only
affecting the prostate - or it may be locally advanced or advanced – the cancer
has moved outside the prostate.
If your doctors believe the cancer just
affects the gland, they will discuss different kinds of treatment with you.
These could be
Active Monitoring (sometimes
called watchful waiting) – where the state of the cancer is closely
observed and treatment started only when, or if, necessary.
External Beam Radiotherapy –
where radiation is used to kill cancer cells;
Surgery –
where the prostate is removed;
Brachytherapy – where radioactive seeds are implanted into the prostate;
There are also rarer forms of treatment,
which are less commonly available, but may become more so in future:
Cryotherapy - freezing the prostate
Hormone Therapy - If the cancer
is locally advanced or advanced, you may be offered hormone therapy, either on it's own or with another treatment.
NHS Current Policy
Men over 50 can now request a
PSA test
You should be given an
awareness leaflet to read first
The test will be a ‘snap shot’
look at one year only
World Wide Statistics
Survival rate more than 5 years after diagnosis
