Here are answers to the most common prostate cancer questions to help you reduce your risk for or have it detected in an early stage. The prostate is a small organ about the size of a walnut that is located under the bladder and over the rectum. With age, the prostate can become larger—this growth is usually a benign condition known as an enlarged prostate, and it can be treated.
Prostate cancer is most common in men over the age of Men with a first-degree relative father, brother or son with a history of prostate cancer are twice as likely to develop the disease.
We recommend men talk to their doctor about the pros and cons of getting screened at age More research needs to be done to develop a more accurate test for prostate cancer and better treatment outcomes. Cancer Council Tasmania is also aware that there is in inequity of access to some testing options.
A PET positron emission tomography scan may help detect cancer that has spread or come back. For prostate cancer, the scan usually uses gallium to show prostate specific membrane antigen PSMA. The cost of this scan is not covered by Medicare. If you do not have sufficient funds and cannot afford private health insurance, your ability to access a PSMA scan is limited. This needs to change. Get the facts. World Tsunami Awareness Day. Activities have been ongoing since the beginning of September.
Ananda Alerts. View All Alerts. Jamaica Information Service. I Tel: 1 1 Email: Send us your query. Change Language English. The project will seek to describe, in detail, the ways in which men with prostate cancer are diagnosed from their first experience of symptoms or blood testing, and to identify all the factors and influences that contribute to this diagnostic journey. This will be achieved by recruiting newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients and undertaking detailed surveys with them.
Similar surveys will also be conducted with their GPs and their urologists. Using the information gained in these surveys, the researchers will design an interview study with prostate cancer patients and GPs. The leaders of the study, Professor Clare Wilkinson and Professor Richard Neal, are both practicing GPs, as well as clinical academics who have earned a world renowned reputation in this field of research.
The post-doctoral researcher who will work on the project on a full time basis is Tania Seale, who as part of her PhD studies undertook exactly the same research for multiple myeloma.
Tania presented the results of her PhD studies at a recent national conference for Early Cancer Diagnosis held in London at the end of February, and therefore is someone who is ideally positioned to undertake such as project for prostate cancer, as many of the methodologies will already have been established. Search for:. The Challenge for Prostate Cancer Each cancer presents a unique challenge with respect to early diagnosis, and prostate cancer is no different.
Picture credit: BBC Most men with prostate cancer typically present with similar symptoms to those who have benign non-cancerous enlarged prostates, and the two conditions can co-exist.
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