Why prostate cancer occurs and how to treat it

Malignant neoplasm of the prostate gland, also known as Prostate cancer or adenocarcinoma, is a very dangerous and unpleasant pathology of the male prostate, which can even cause the patient's death.

The main danger of cancer is formed by metastases, which quickly attack the body and leave no chance of recovery.

Disease Description and Classification

Prostate cancer in men develops in the cells of the glandular epithelium. Most often, such formations appear in men after 60 years, but the disease is not excluded and young representatives of the stronger sex. The disease passes for a long time and progresses imperceptibly and it can be diagnosed only after passing tests or examining the anal canal. If you start treating cancer on time, then it can be successfully overcome.

In the International Directory of Diseases-10, the disease code is encrypted under the number c61, called malignant neoplasm of the prostate gland. Also, prostate cancer is classified according to the Glisson indicators. But most often, cancer is classified according to the TNM system, depending on its form and the presence of tumors.

• formation of a T-like tumor in the prostate itself.
• the appearance of N-metastasis and its spread to the lymph nodes below the iliac artery.
• the appearance of M-metastases that spreads to bones and other organs.

Another popular classification among doctors in Jewet-Whitemore is in four stages.

How to Treat Prostate Cancer

Modern medicine is researching this disease more and more, offering different methods and methods of treatment. Most often, the patient undergoes surgery, radiation therapy and individually select other methods for a quick recovery.

The operation is performed for the patient in the case when the inflammation is limited and there is no metastasis; often doctors perform a special laparoscopic operation and retropubic radical prostatectomy. If surgery is carried out on time and the tumor is removed, then the patient can save ten years of life. But if the tumor has already gone beyond the redistribution of the prostate and metastases have begun to form, then the patient is "allowed to live" no more than three years.

Sometimes cancer can cause complications - urinary incontinence, impotence and other diseases. But such cases are quite rare.

Often doctors postpone the operation and monitor the development of the tumor. Sometimes, the operation may even be refused. This is especially true for men who have been diagnosed with the disease after 65 years of age and the tumor is already very large. Also, the operation may be contraindicated due to the presence of other diseases, allergies to medications.

The most common treatment for prostate cancer is:

• giving chemotherapy.
• radiation treatment.
• hormonal treatment.
• performing an operation to remove the tumor.

Chemotherapy is most often carried out in the last stages of the development of the disease, when there are metastases in the body. Special drugs act on the tumor and slow down its growth, often touching and harming healthy cells of the body.

Hormones are prescribed to a patient to reduce and slow down tumor growth. But such treatment is often carried out in conjunction with surgery or radiation therapy

Radiation therapy - and this is irradiation with X-rays and other radiation is also carried out quite often. With this method of treatment, active radiation acts not only on malignant formations, but also on healthy organs.

Brachytherapy is a rather risky method of treatment, when a special needle with iodine isotopes is introduced to the patient through the rectum to the prostate. In this way, you can accurately calculate the localization of the focus of inflammation and not harm healthy cells. Therapy is most often used to treat the early stages of cancer

Ultrasound therapy is a special point irradiation of diseased cells using ultrasound. Cells are destroyed and the likelihood of re-disease is reduced to zero.

Surgical intervention is the easiest and most affordable way to remove a prostate tumor, but it can only be used in the early stages of the disease.

In this case, operations are divided into several types:

• prostatectomy - removal of the entire prostate gland.
• transurethral resection - removal of only part of the gland through the urethra.
• orchidectomy - surgical castration, removal of male testicles. Such an operation is performed very rarely. If the patient does not want to remove the testicles, then he can be castrated with a medication using special medications that stop the production of the male hormone - testosterone.

Disease Prevention

The main method of prevention and rapid treatment of prostate tumors is considered to be an annual examination by a specialist.After reaching the age of 35, every man should, even if there are no symptoms of the disease, visit a doctor for a preventive examination.

Also, in order to avoid problems, it is important for any man to monitor his diet, making it more balanced and healthy. More attention should be paid to sports, active walks and outdoor recreation.

It is recommended to give up spicy, fatty, canned food, alcohol, smoking and normalize your weight.

A man also needs to have a regular sex life, preferably with one beloved partner.

At the slightest sign of malaise or illness - urgently consult a doctor, and those who are already at risk - to carry out preventive medication.

If the doctor manages to diagnose the presence of a tumor in time and quickly remove it with the most gentle method, then the prognosis for the patient's future life will be very positive.