Cancer Prostate

What we have  to know

Cancer prostate cancer is one  type of cancer  often found in elder men. Cancer prostate has a  risk to  increases with the age and mostly among the male of above 50 years old. Cancers prostate are primary formed in the prostate, then transferred to other cells through the metastasis processing. This cancer prostate spreads to other parts of our body like bones.

Until now, scientists still do not know the exact cause behind cancer prostate. No body knows why some people suffer with cancer prostate while the others do not. Medical researchers still are working to find the answer of this question.


There are not the definite cancer prostate symptoms that can be easily noticed by the patients. Cancer prostate does not show any cancer symptom at the initial stage, but luckily few cancer prostate symptoms have been identified by the National Cancer Institute. These symtoms of cancer prostate to the people are below.

• Frequent urination.
• An interrupted or weak urine flow.
• Trouble while urination.
• Sensation of pain while ejaculation.
• Inability to urinate.
• Burning sensation or pain during urination.
• Blood in the urine or in the semen.
• Frequent pain in the upper thighs, lower back or hips.

Those symptoms are not specific for cancer prostate. So when we experience any of those symptoms above, we do not become panic, just consult a doctor soon. Treatment cancer prostate depends on some factors such as tumor location, our general health condition, size of the tumor and the age of the patient. These following methods can help the patient to treat cancer prostat.

Prostate cancer can be treated with help of following treatment methods.

•  Surgical castration by orchidectomy.  Orchidetomy is the simplest cheapest and simplest of cancer prostate treatment. The disadvantage of this type of treatment  is a psychological effect of the loss of testicles.
• Cancer prostate can be treated by the oestrogen hormone and LHRH-analogues. This type of cancer prostate treatment is very expensive and can cause  rising to thrombotic complications. 
•  Hormone therapy can also be used as cancer prostate treatment.
•  The chemical found in black pepper which commonly called as capsaicin is thought to be helpful in cancer prostate treatment. Capsaicin can cause human cancer cells to kill themselves.
•  Radiotherapy also is used as cancer prostate treatment. Radiotherapy destroys cancer cells by radiation. The method is painless, but it has side effect like impotence and diarrhea.