What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
June 25th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosisAccording to the National Cancer Institute, nearly 16 percent of men born today will be diagnosed with cancer of the prostate at some time during their lifetime and the biggest risk factor for this type of cancer is age.
Urologists explain that unfortunately, prostate cancer does not commonly present with definite symptoms. In fact, prostate cancer can be quite large before causing symptoms.
When it does cause symptoms it is usually related to urine outlet obstruction symptoms. When symptomatic, prostate cancer can cause urinary urgency, nocturia, frequency and hesitancy. However it should be noted that these symptoms are also present in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and are more likely to be caused by BPH than cancer.