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Little Did We Know That Prostate Cancer is the Most Common Non-Skin Cancer Amongst Men

Prostatitis cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer, has overtaken lung cancer as the leading cancer affecting all men and followed by colorectal cancer.

Statistically, 80 percent of prostate cancers occur in men over the age of 65. Although this cancer can also occur in younger individuals, it is very rare under the age of 50. As males age the prostate can develop problems.

Annually, one out of six American men will develop it in the course of his lifetime. Little did we know the fact a man is 33% more likely to develop prostate cancer than a woman is to get breast cancer.

In 2004, it is estimated that 234,000 new cases of prostate cancer diagnose in the United States. That makes it the most common cancer among American men, next to the skin cancer. More than 27,000 deaths due to prostate cancer are expected to occur annually.

One new case every 2 1/2 minutes. One new case every 150 seconds.

While in UK, nearly 35,000 men are diagnosed and about 10,000 men die from Prostatitis cancer annually. This means over one man die every hour in UK.

Today, about two million men are fighting prostate cancer, and over the next decade, as baby boomer men reach the target ripen age for nonbacterial prostatitis cancer, about three million more will be compelled to join the battle. It is estimated that by 2012, the number of new cases in the U.S. is expected to increase to more than 300,000 new cases per year by 2012.

One new case every 100 seconds. One man dead every 13 minutes.

What is prostate?

Prostate is a male sex gland, the size of a walnut, located behind pubic bone in front of the rectum that encompasses lower part of a bladder. The tube that carries urine (the urethra) runs through the prostate. At birth the gland size is small like a pea and it continue to grow until age of 20 when a man reaches adulthood. Male hormones (called androgens) is responsible for this growth. The gland size will not change until 45, when it starts to grow again.

 
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Prostate Examinations and Prostate Cancer

Diseases are presently rampant nowadays. A number of these diseases can be cured but unfortunately, even with our modern technology and magnificent brains for scientists, there are some diseases that are still incurable. Some of these diseases are Ebola, Polio, Lupus, Influenza, AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and some Cancers.

One specific disease that has been getting much attention these days is home remedy for prostatitis Cancer. We surely have heard about it and have a vague understanding of what Prostate Cancer is all about. But what exactly is prostate cancer? Who are prone to this disease? How does it affect us? What are the symptoms and signs? Could it be cured? What tests are available for this kind of disease? What you are about to read aims to attend to these questions.

The Prostate Gland

From the name itself, we could determine that this cancer attacks the prostate gland. The Prostatitis gland is an organ which is located at the base of the urinary bladder and surrounds the first part of the urethra. The urethra serves as the passageway of urine when it drains from the bladder to exit through the penis.

The prostate gland has many functions. One of which is to help control urination. How? It presses directly against the part of the urethra that it surrounds which then helps in urination. Another function of the prostate gland is to produce the substances that are found in semen such as minerals and sugar. As people age, the prostate gland also increases in size, which would then may cause some problems such as difficulty in urinating especially at night.