When should you be screened for prostate cancer?

Prostate is a small walnut-shaped gland in men that produces semen that nourishes sperm.

Prostate cancer occurs when cells in the gland grow out of control and form a mass, also known as a tumor.

Any type of cancer, in any part of the body, needs to be diagnosed early.

Late diagnosis often leads to difficult treatment and higher mortality.

The most common symptoms

Urinary symptoms are not necessarily prostate cancer.

The prostate is a male reproductive organ located in the lower part of the pelvis, just below the bladder.

It surrounds the urethra, which is a tube that helps remove urine from the bladder.

Therefore, when the tumor grows, it will press on the duct leading to symptoms of urinary retention.

According to Times of Indiasymptoms include:

• The need to urinate more often, especially at night
• Urgent need to go to the toilet
• Difficulty starting to urinate (hesitancy)
• Straining or taking a long time to urinate
• Weak flow
• Feeling that your bladder is not completely emptied
• There is blood in the urine

In most cases, the early stages of prostate cancer do not have any symptoms.

But when it does, prostate cancer is often associated with urinary symptoms, including needing to urinate more often, usually at night, difficulty starting to urinate, straining to urinate or flow. weak.

However, the researchers suggest that waiting for urinary symptoms to appear could further delay diagnosis and treatment, increasing the risk of dying from prostate cancer.

Also, not all urinary symptoms mean you have prostate cancer. May also be other benign, noncancerous prostate or urinary conditions.

When should prostate cancer be screened?

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), people should not begin prostate screening until they have talked to their doctor.

According to the health authority, people should start discussing screening in:

• age 50 if they are at average risk of prostate cancer and are likely to live at least 10 years or more
• age 45 if they are at high risk for prostate cancer, such as those with a first-degree relative diagnosed with prostate cancer before age 65
• age 40 if they have an even higher risk of prostate cancer, such as those whose first-degree relatives were diagnosed with prostate cancer as children

Why should you consult a doctor?

Although there are some benefits when cancer screening Prostatitis includes early diagnosis and treatment, but there are certain downsides to screening when you don’t even need one.

According to the report of Medical News Today, The main risk of prostate cancer screening is that it can cause false-positive test results. False-positive results lead to other unnecessary tests, including prostate biopsies.

Prostate cancer test

Your doctor may recommend a digital rectal exam (DRE), in which he or she will feel your prostate for 10-15 seconds, or he or she may ask you to do a gland-specific antigen test. Prostate cancer (PSA) helps detect prostate cancer in men 50 years of age and older Times of India.

If your doctor suspects prostate cancer, a prostate biopsy may be recommended to confirm the diagnosis.