It is called the ‘Silent Killer’ and will hit one in eight men in their lives.
For men older than 70 the risk is one in two.
Nevertheless, prostate cancer is one of the most porridge forms of the disease when they are caught early, with almost a survival percentage of 100 percent if detected while they are located in the prostate.
Dr. William Dahut, the Chief Scientific Officer at the American Cancer Society who has done 20 years of research into prostate cancer, warned that most people have the diagnosis that they have no idea that they have the cancer until it is too late.
The mild symptoms – fatigue and often wake up to urinate – are often rejected and it is not until the cancer spreads that more serious side effects occur.
Most patients have no symptoms, he told Daily Mail. ‘If they have symptoms, such as more urination or standing up at night to urinate, they think this is due to something else. ‘
In the case of former President Joe Biden, his cancer was not discovered at the late stage until he developed urine buckets.
Cancer cases rise in all ages, an increase of 3 percent year after year, including young adults. THere is a worrying increase in the age group younger than 40 years of around 2 percent every year worldwide since the 1990s.
And later more men are diagnosed, when the disease is more difficult to treat, with diagnoses of the late stage since 2011 by 5 percent per year.
Former President Joe Biden, 82, revealed on Sunday that the diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer was diagnosed with him. He was shown above yesterday
Doctors have confused the guidelines of the screening for this shift and said it has led to many people missing potentially life -saving agreements.
Biden revealed his diagnosis in a message on Sunday and said that there was a ‘lump’ on his prostate and that the cancer was ‘aggressive’ and spread to his bones.
His family says they now assess treatment options for the 82-year-old.
What is prostate cancer?
Prostate cancer is when cells begin to share in the prostate, a gland the size of a walnut.
The prostate is just below the bladder and for the rectum and produces liquid used in sperm.
It gradually increases in size as someone gets older, and by the time they are 60, it is often the size of a lemon – which leads to a variety of complications.
The cancer only affects people with a prostate.
For about one in eight men it can also develop cancer, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).
This is often slow and easy to treat, with a good prognosis of more than 99 percent of patients who survive for five years.
But if it spreads, it becomes much more difficult to treat. Then only 37 percent of patients survive five years after the diagnosis.
Biden is diagnosed with an ‘aggressive’ cancer, which has a nine -score -score (out of 10).
“Although many cases grow slowly and early, aggressive subtypes, such as Gleason eight to 10, can be caught quickly and can progress quickly and require rapid treatment,” Dr. Tiffany Troso-Sandoval, a medical oncologist in New York City, at The Daily Mail.
‘As oncologists, we often quote that men die more often with prostate cancer instead of it. Yet only age does not determine the aggressiveness of the outcome. ‘
Does prostate cancer become more common?
Cases of prostate cancer are rising.
From 2014 to 2019, studies showed that cases in all age groups rose by around 3 percent annually. They are now expected to double between 2020 and 2040.
Data shows that the speed of the diagnoses of prostate cancer per stage at diagnosis. It shows a slight increase in diagnoses at a later stage (Purple Line)
The above shows age during diagnosis with prostate cancer. There has been a very light increase in younger groups
About 313,780 people are diagnosed every year with prostate cancer in the US, while around 35,770 die from the disease.
This is lower than in the 1990s, when there were around 500,000 cases a year, but higher than in 2014, when the figure was 233,000.
The cancer usually affects men older than 65, who make up about six in 10 cases.
By one Study 2019Worldwide cases of prostate cancer in people from 15 to 40 years old have risen by 2 percent since 1990.
Dr. Dahut said that prostate cancer is rare in young adults, but not as rare as someone would think.
In 2001, 7 percent of the cases were among young adults, According to the CDC – Now it’s 9 percent. For example, men in thirty are increasingly diagnosed.
But this trend is not only limited to prostate cancer, says Dr. Dahut on the Daily Mail.
It is not clear why cases rise in younger age groups, but doctors have mentioned rising obesity rates and sedentary lifestyles as potential factors.
There is also a worrying increase in the number of advanced diagnosis.
Biden is depicted above with President Donald Trump in the midst of the transfer of power in the Oval Office
A California study showed that advanced cases in the state in the state an average of 6.7 percent rose from 2004 to 2021.
Initially, men were screened on cancer using a prostate -specific antigen, or PSA, test that caught countless cancers in the earliest phases.
But in 2012 the American preventive services task force recommended to use the test because of the fear of false positives and unnecessary procedures.
It was again in 2017 and said that people from 55 to 69 years old should ask their doctors to get the test.
The American Urological Association does not recommend screening for the cancer to more than 70, because the cancer grows so slowly and doctors say that other diseases will probably prove deadly first.
But that recommendation has expressed concern that emerging and aggressive tumors can be missed.
Doctors have suggested that Biden was possibly too old or vulnerable to be tested on prostate cancer in recent years, the disease has unnoticed.
How likely is it survival?
When prostate cancer is caught in the earliest stages, patients generally have a good chance of surviving.
According to the CDC, approximately 69 percent of the cases are diagnosed in the local stages, or stage one to three (before the cancer has spread outside the prostate).
For comparison, 9 percent of patients are diagnosed in the distant stage (when the cancer has spread to other parts of the body).
The ACS says that almost all patients survive when the cancer is diagnosed between phases one and three, but that chance drops to 37 percent in later stages.
The above shows the survival percentage for prostate cancer. It drops when it is diagnosed at a later stage
Survival rates for prostate cancer seem to have fallen somewhat in recent years, in the midst of an increase in the number of people diagnosed with an advanced form of the disease
Dr. Dahut said that it can be a ‘little frightening’ for men to get the diagnosis of the cancer, but calls the survival figures encouraging.
The cancer of Biden is far away, has already spread to its bones and is described as ‘aggressive’.
It is understanding that his family evaluates treatment options.
Dr. Dahut said that later phases are difficult, because the disease has already spread to organs – such as heart and lungs. Some doctors say that as soon as it reaches those organs, it is ‘incurable’.
Treatments are mainly dependent on a medicine that blocks the production of testosterone, but over time cells develop resistance.
The risk of developing prostate cancer increases as you get older. Those older than 70 have a 50 percent chance of developing it.
What are the prostate cancer warning signals?
Prostate cancer is often called a ‘silent cancer’, because it rarely causes symptoms – if they do that, they are not specific or pass a different condition.
The Mayo Clinic says that there are potential warning signals in the early stages: bLead in urine (can look pink, red or colada colored), Blood in the sperm, which has to urinate more often, get to get started while urinating and waking up to urinate more often at night.
In the later stages, when it has spread to other parts of the body, it can cause other symptoms: aCcidental leaking urine, back pain, bone pain, effort to get an erection, to feel very tired, to lose weight without trying and weakness in the arms and legs.
Is there something that I can do to check for prostate cancer?
Doctors already have screening guidelines to help detect prostate cancer before it is advanced.
All men are recommended to be screened for cancer with at least 50 years and at the age of 45 if they have a family history.
They can then be asked to return for the screening of every one to two years on checks.
Guidelines vary from when people should stop screening.
Dr. Dahut said that despite the confusion about when they should stop screening, doctors and patients are asked to use their ‘clinical judgment’ to decide.
He said that in cases where someone has several underlying disorders or is worried about their overall health, doctors can stop monitoring prostate cancer.
In addition to PSA, doctors can also carry out the digital rectal exam, whereby a lubricated, gloved finer is placed in the rectum to reach the prostate – so that someone can assess whether it has abnormal chunks or hard areas.
What are the treatment options?
In the early stages, patients tend to offer active supervision or regular monitoring of their cancer.
Patients can also be offered radiotherapy or surgery to remove the cancer, but this can lead to lifelong complications such as urination problems.
If the cancer shows signs of spread, patients can be offered surgery or radiation therapy.
In cases where the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, patients can be offered a variety of treatments, including an external radiation treatment, where external radiation rays are fired on the prostate to kill the cancer cells.
A radical prostatectomy, surgery to remove the entire prostate smooth and surrounding tissue and lymph nodes is also an option.
Patients can also select hormone therapy with medicines such as Abirateron, working by lowering the testosterone levels that slow down the growth of the cancer.
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