Health, Cancer
Prostate cancer: life expectancy at different stages of the disease
Prostate is a small gland in the male body, located between the bladder and urethra. Enough small size and having limited functions (basically it is the development of a special secret for the formation of quality sperm), it causes great trouble to a huge number of men. Problems can begin already at an early age (25 years or even earlier), when young men discover a disease such as prostatitis. This inflammation of the prostate, which makes itself felt by frequent urination, severity in the lower abdomen, problems with erection, insomnia, etc. Experts say that in our days the prostatitis is "younger", that is, it is increasingly Diagnosed in young men (before it was a disease more likely 30-40-year-olds).
Causes of the disease
There are several reasons: disorderly sexual life (infection), poor hygiene (also infections), a sedentary lifestyle (typical office clerk, most of his working time in front of the computer), irregular sex life (no sperm output), etc. Treat prostatitis Antibacterial agents, prescribe massage of the prostate, and also recommend changing the way of life (do sports more, do not catch cold, etc.).
The most serious prostate disease: cancer
Prostate Cancer: Stage 4 (last)
Unfortunately, despite all the efforts of doctors, the patient himself and his relatives, some patients are diagnosed with the IV stage of this disease. This is the last, most dangerous and severe stage of the disease of a patient with prostate cancer. Life expectancy at this stage does not exceed 10 years in 85-90% of all patients. Of course, everything depends on the methods of treatment, on the mood of the patient himself, on following all the prescriptions of the doctor, etc. However, the hope is that the medicine does not stand still, and the expression "cancer is not a sentence" Including in relation to prostate cancer. New methods of treatment are being developed, and the life expectancy of patients with this type of cancer is increasing.
Prostate cancer therapy includes hormone therapy, curative therapy, surgical treatment, and chemotherapy (in the early stages of metastasis). Nowadays cryotherapy is also used (treatment of affected areas by freezing). In the Altai Regional Oncology Dispensary in 2009, data were analyzed on the treatment methods of 200 patients (middle-aged men) with prostate cancer. As a result of the study, it was concluded that with localized forms of cancer, surgical intervention increased life expectancy. In the III-IV stages, the use of hormone therapy in combination with radiotherapy was more effective for prolonging life expectancy.
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