I am a post-college student of a Chinese Medical University,my major is Urology.I have noticed that there are more and more Prostate Cancer patients in China than last decade.It has become a larger killer of men's lifes because almost total patients was in the later period when they was diagnosed.
I want to know what is the American condition of Prostate Cancer and do you think race is an importand risk factor of PC?
Likelihood of developing prostate cancer has been found to be somewhat linked to lifestyle and diet. Most patients are diagnosed late with having prostate cancer simply because it is an old man's disease. It doesn't tend to develop until the later stages of life (I believe the average age for prostate cancer to develop in North Americans is about 70ish). I haven't heard any evidence linking race to prostate cancer, but I suppose it could be a factor... though lifestyle is probably a stronger factor. Given that Chinese culture is becoming more Western, the increase in occurrence of prostate cancer is likely related to changes in diet and physical activity.
Given the late development of prostate cancers and severity of treatment methods, many patients opt to forgo chemical treatment and instead change lifestyle/diet to improve quality of life and slowing the development of malignant, treatment resistant forms.
Not sure but good luck in your studies. This is certainly a horrible condition.
The diagnostic has become better.Prostatic cancer does not always give metastasis and isn't as agressive as lung cancer.PSA test is more available then before in Europe and urologist can perform it easily when he palpate some suspicious prostatic nodes per rectum.Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein produced by the cells of the prostate gland. The PSA test measures the level of PSA in the blood. The doctor takes a blood sample, and the amount of PSA is measured in a laboratory. Because PSA is produced by the body and can be used to detect disease, it is sometimes called a biological marker or tumor marker.
It is normal for men to have low levels of PSA in their blood; however, prostate cancer or benign (not cancerous) conditions can increase PSA levels. As men age, both benign prostate conditions and prostate cancer become more frequent. The most common benign prostate conditions are prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (enlargement of the prostate). There is no evidence that prostatitis or BPH causes cancer, but it is possible for a man to have one or both of these conditions and to develop prostate cancer as well.
