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In the early 90s, a treatment for prostate cancer was introduced; it was called cryosurgery. Today, its proper term is “cryotherapy.” What cryotherapy does is that it gets rid of the cancer by freezing the prostate gland. After the patient gets his anesthesia, the doctor inserts needles of very cold temperatures into the gland through the area between the anus and scrotum called the perineum. The cold temperature needles destroy the prostate and the cancer tissue in read more…

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Does smoking cause prostate cancer? Let’s get down to facts. What comprises in Nicotine is an alkaloid originating in the nightshade family of plants which comprises about 0.6–3.0% of tobacco. It’s used as an anti-herbivore chemical against insects. In other words, nicotine was widely utilized as an insecticide in the past. Only a few people know this fact. Then again it still doesn’t answer the question, does smoking cause prostate cancer? Prostate cancer is one of the read more…

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Every year, there are over 500,000 men all over the world who are diagnosed with prostate cancer. And because of that, there are more than 200,000 deaths in men caused by it. In a way, prostate cancer is the male equivalent of breast cancer, which is mostly suffered by women.
The usual treatments for prostate cancer are radiotherapy and surgery, which means to remove the prostate gland. On the other hand, there are more current studies that have read more…

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The advancement of technology has opened an array of new Prostate Cancer Treatment Options. Patients can choose the best kind of treatment depending on whether the cancer has spread. For those patients who are recently diagnosed with prostate cancer and the tumor hasn’t grown out of the prostate, radiation therapy is one of the best options for them. Radiation therapy, one of the latest treatments for prostate cancer, uses an external device that eradicates growing cancer cells. read more…

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The prostate gland, a small, walnut-sized structure that makes up a man’s reproductive system is located just directly beneath the bladder in front of the rectum. Small as it may be, it’s function is very important. The prostate gland is wrapped around the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body. For this reason, it can cause various urinary problems. The most common among them all, especially for older men is prostate cancer.