The prostate is a gland in men that is located below the bladder and produces the fluid part of semen (containing sperm). This cancer is more common in men older than 50 years. Prostate cancer is a tumor due to abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells that have the ability to spread to other parts of the body (metastasis).
Causes
I really do not know what causes this cancer, but there are certain factors that favor its appearance:
1. The risk of prostate cancer increases with age, and it is rare to see in younger people
2. People who have close relatives who have had this type of cancer
3. History of other cancers in the family: breast cancer in women under 40 years
4. Genetic load
5. Race: African Americans have higher risk for this disease
6. Diet with high fat intake.
Signs and symptoms of prostate cancer
This cancer usually shows no symptoms, particularly in the elderly, because some tumors are slow growing, but there are tumors that grow rapidly and cause serious problems:
Alterations to urinate are the most common signs, because the cap to the prostate urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside, this produces an intermittent flow, residual urine, increased frequency of urination, more times to urinate at night, feeling that the bladder does not empty completely, pain and bleeding in the urine.
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