Showing posts with label oncology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oncology. Show all posts
Orchietomy For Prostate Cancer Treatment
This type of prostate cancer treatment is a form of hormone therapy which works by manipulating the hormone levels in the body so that the cancerous cells stop growing and dividing. While this therapy is known to have a positive effect on the cancer you must realise that the operation is non-reversible and the chances of your sex life being affected are virtually 100%.
Men who have undergone this form of prostate cancer treatment often report that their libido decreases and so does their desire to have sex. Unfortunately even when they do have the desire for sexual intercourse they may find themselves to be impotent and this can lead to psychological problems in the long term. These side affects of orchietomy are very common and you should take them in to account and discuss them with your partner before you decide to undergo this form of prostate cancer treatment.
Other side effects of this radical prostate cancer treatment are associated with the unbalancing of the male and female hormone levels within the body. By removing the testicles the concentration of testosterone in your body will be reduced by around 90% however the concentration of oestrogen, the female hormone will remain the same. This means that on occasion breast tenderness, growth of the breast tissue and osteoporosis can develop. Other side effects include anaemia, weight gain, and depression and fatigue however your oncologist will be able to explain each of the side effects in much more detail.
Before deciding for or against this form of prostate cancer treatment you need to decide what exactly you want to get out of the treatment. If you want to eliminate the cancer from your body then an orchietomy is a possibility however there are other ways to remove the cancer totally and these alternative treatments have fewer and less severe side effects. If however you are 60+ and do not want to have surgery then this procedure is not for you and radiation therapy can be used to simply control the growth of the cancer. Similarly if you are still relatively young and do not want to be plagued with impotence and lack of sex drive then, again, an orchietomy is probably not the prostate cancer treatment for you.
Because impotence is a major side effect of this radical prostate cancer treatment you should think long and hard before agreeing to anything. Talk to your partner and your oncologist and look into the alternative forms of treatment. There may be a better one for you that only has temporary side effects so that after a few weeks or months you can once again enjoy a full sex life.
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10 Important Steps To Beat Your Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States and it is the second most common cause of cancer death in men over age 55. The incidence of prostate cancer increases dramatically with each decade after 50. Fortunately, prostate cancer tends to be slow-growing compared to many other cancers – the majority of prostate cancers either do not spread or cause any significant harm for decades.
In general, men run a 1-in-6 chance of developing prostate cancer at some point in their lives. More than 230,000 new cases are expected this year in the United States, with about 27,000 deaths.
Most men will choose conventional treatment, often surgery or radiation, but there are life-changing potential side effects they need to be aware of, and discuss with their doctors.
Surgery, called a prostatectomy for the surgical removal of the prostate gland, means impotence for about 75% of the men choosing this path, according to a September 2004 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Also, about 14% of the men were incontinent – could not control their bladder – five years after the operation.
With standard radiation therapy, the odds of impotence are about the same, 73%. The incontinence rate was much lower, just under 5%. There are new radiation therapies we discussed in the new guidebook How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer that have better outcomes.
No matter what conventional therapy a man chooses, if he does nothing else there is a 30% to 40% chance that his cancer or another cancer will recur. That’s because his immune system was not strong enough to protect him from the first cancer, and if he does nothing it will be no stronger the next time it is needed. In addition, radiation and chemotherapy depress the immune system, leaving it weaker than it was before you got treatment. Finally, any cancerous cells that survive the radiation and chemotherapy treatments, or escape the surgeon’s knife – and a few ALWAYS do – must be cleaned up by the immune system. Yet those cells that survived radiation or chemotherapy are, by definition, the strongest mutant cells. Cells that survive chemotherapy even have their own name: Multi-drug resistant. All of this means that if a man’s cancer recurs, the cure rates the second time around are much, much lower – on the order of 5% survival.
So even if a man chooses conventional treatment, the information and advice on alternative treatments in How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer is very important for his recovery and continued good health.
Here are 5 of the 10 important steps covered in a Free Report by the authors of How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer that have worked for others:
1. Pick a doctor carefully. The numbers above on impotence and incontinence are pretty scary. Top surgeons who perform hundreds of these operations tend to have better numbers, and you should ALWAYS get the statistics in advance from any doctor before you let them treat you. Remember that if you are talking to a surgeon, he probably will want to operate. If your doctor is a radiation oncologist, don’t be surprised if he pushes radiation. A clinical oncologist might counsel chemotherapy. Always consider the source. If you want to try alternative therapy first, since you really are not pressed for time, choose an alternative doctor or health care practitioner just as carefully.
2. Boost your immune system. If you’re going to undergo conventional treatment, you need to boost your immune system to deal with the impact of chemotherapy and radiation. You also need to clean up the remaining cells after therapy, and then build back your immune system so cancer does not recur. If you are going to pursue an alternative treatment path while you have the time, boosting your immune system is Job #1. Several chapters in How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer show you how to do that.
3. Alkalize your internal environment. Cancer cells are highly acidic, and cancer can’t live in an alkaline environment. You can test your pH level with test strips from the pharmacy or health food store. It should be over 7.0, preferably in the 7.2 to 7.4 range. If your internal body environment is acidic, it makes it much easier for cancer to grow and metastasize. Prostate cancer often metastasizes to the bones, making it much harder to beat.
4. Get more oxygen to your cells. Cancer hates oxygen. In the lab, when they are doing an experiment where they want cancerous cells to grow quickly, they simply turn down the oxygen. When they want to stabilize the experiment, they turn the oxygen back up. The same is true of your body.
5. Take vitamins and supplements. If you eat the Standard American Diet, you are eating fruits and vegetables grown on depleted soil, picked too early so they won’t ripen and spoil while they’re in the distribution chain, and then probably overcooked. Even if you are eating organic fruits and vegetables, grass-fed pastured meat and raw milk, you still can’t get the massive amounts of vitamins and supplements you need to let your immune system overcome a cancerous tumor that has become established. You must take high-quality vitamins and minerals, digestive enzymes and specific anti-cancer supplements like those recommended in Chapter 7 of How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer.
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The complete Free Report with all 10 important steps a man can take to begin fighting his prostate cancer right away can be obtained from http://www.beat-prostate-cancer.net.
In general, men run a 1-in-6 chance of developing prostate cancer at some point in their lives. More than 230,000 new cases are expected this year in the United States, with about 27,000 deaths.
Most men will choose conventional treatment, often surgery or radiation, but there are life-changing potential side effects they need to be aware of, and discuss with their doctors.
Surgery, called a prostatectomy for the surgical removal of the prostate gland, means impotence for about 75% of the men choosing this path, according to a September 2004 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Also, about 14% of the men were incontinent – could not control their bladder – five years after the operation.
With standard radiation therapy, the odds of impotence are about the same, 73%. The incontinence rate was much lower, just under 5%. There are new radiation therapies we discussed in the new guidebook How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer that have better outcomes.
No matter what conventional therapy a man chooses, if he does nothing else there is a 30% to 40% chance that his cancer or another cancer will recur. That’s because his immune system was not strong enough to protect him from the first cancer, and if he does nothing it will be no stronger the next time it is needed. In addition, radiation and chemotherapy depress the immune system, leaving it weaker than it was before you got treatment. Finally, any cancerous cells that survive the radiation and chemotherapy treatments, or escape the surgeon’s knife – and a few ALWAYS do – must be cleaned up by the immune system. Yet those cells that survived radiation or chemotherapy are, by definition, the strongest mutant cells. Cells that survive chemotherapy even have their own name: Multi-drug resistant. All of this means that if a man’s cancer recurs, the cure rates the second time around are much, much lower – on the order of 5% survival.
So even if a man chooses conventional treatment, the information and advice on alternative treatments in How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer is very important for his recovery and continued good health.
Here are 5 of the 10 important steps covered in a Free Report by the authors of How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer that have worked for others:
1. Pick a doctor carefully. The numbers above on impotence and incontinence are pretty scary. Top surgeons who perform hundreds of these operations tend to have better numbers, and you should ALWAYS get the statistics in advance from any doctor before you let them treat you. Remember that if you are talking to a surgeon, he probably will want to operate. If your doctor is a radiation oncologist, don’t be surprised if he pushes radiation. A clinical oncologist might counsel chemotherapy. Always consider the source. If you want to try alternative therapy first, since you really are not pressed for time, choose an alternative doctor or health care practitioner just as carefully.
2. Boost your immune system. If you’re going to undergo conventional treatment, you need to boost your immune system to deal with the impact of chemotherapy and radiation. You also need to clean up the remaining cells after therapy, and then build back your immune system so cancer does not recur. If you are going to pursue an alternative treatment path while you have the time, boosting your immune system is Job #1. Several chapters in How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer show you how to do that.
3. Alkalize your internal environment. Cancer cells are highly acidic, and cancer can’t live in an alkaline environment. You can test your pH level with test strips from the pharmacy or health food store. It should be over 7.0, preferably in the 7.2 to 7.4 range. If your internal body environment is acidic, it makes it much easier for cancer to grow and metastasize. Prostate cancer often metastasizes to the bones, making it much harder to beat.
4. Get more oxygen to your cells. Cancer hates oxygen. In the lab, when they are doing an experiment where they want cancerous cells to grow quickly, they simply turn down the oxygen. When they want to stabilize the experiment, they turn the oxygen back up. The same is true of your body.
5. Take vitamins and supplements. If you eat the Standard American Diet, you are eating fruits and vegetables grown on depleted soil, picked too early so they won’t ripen and spoil while they’re in the distribution chain, and then probably overcooked. Even if you are eating organic fruits and vegetables, grass-fed pastured meat and raw milk, you still can’t get the massive amounts of vitamins and supplements you need to let your immune system overcome a cancerous tumor that has become established. You must take high-quality vitamins and minerals, digestive enzymes and specific anti-cancer supplements like those recommended in Chapter 7 of How To Beat Your Prostate Cancer.
* * * * *
The complete Free Report with all 10 important steps a man can take to begin fighting his prostate cancer right away can be obtained from http://www.beat-prostate-cancer.net.
About The Author Michael Murphy is the Executive Director of the Cures Research Institute, an organization dedicated to combining the best of conventioal and alternative medicine to drmatically improve outcomes for people with health problems. © Cures Research Institute 2006 |
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Learning About Prostate and PSA
Prostate and PSA is then a very important issue to discuss, especially if you have a family history of prostate cancer, because you are much more likely of developing it yourself.
Once the prostate and PSA has been absorbed into the bloodstream, it may then become bound to two proteins: anti-chymotrypsin and alpha macroglobulin. There is a prostate and PSA test which can be performed on you by your doctor and which will work by measuring the level of free and bound PSA in the blood.
If you think that you may have prostate cancer or just know that you are at higher risk and want to keep an eye on your health, this test will be very important and you simply need to inquire to your doctor about it.
Signs of Prostate Cancer
Besides understanding prostate and PSA, you are going to need to be really educated on the different signs and symptoms of prostate cancer, so that you know what to look for and how to tell if you may be developing prostate cancer.
There are actually quite a few different signs and symptoms of prostate cancer that you may experience, however it can often be tricky to diagnose because a lot of the time there are no noticeable symptoms. It all depends on the person and how long they have been dealing with the cancer for, whether they have known about it or not.
When signs and symptoms do occur, they really depend on how advanced the cancer is and how far it has spread, which will only be able to be assessed by a medical professional.
Trouble urinating, starting and stopping while urinating, blood in the urine, blood in the semen, swelling in the legs, discomfort in the pelvic area, and bone fractures are all commonly experienced symptoms of prostate cancer, so if you notice that you are experiencing one or more of these you will want to get in to see your doctor as soon as possible.
Prostate can definitely be incredibly difficult to deal with, but with the right attitude and treatment programs, you can stay healthy and strong.
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What Are the Signs of Prostate Cancer?
There is much prostate cancer research which has been worked on, especially over the past couple of years, and here are a few ideas of the different signs and symptoms which one may experience after the development of prostate cancer.
Signs and Symptoms
Urinary problems are the most commonly experienced signs of prostate cancer. This may include anything from having trouble urinating at all, stopping and starting during urinating, decreased force in the steam of urine and more.
Therefore, if you are ever noticing that you are having problems while urinating, it may be a sign of prostate cancer. You will want to inform your doctor immediately, and they will perform a few routine tests and because this is one of the most often experienced signs of prostate cancer, chances are that you probably do have the cancer, especially if a parent had the disease.
Prognosis
It will definitely be very nerve wracking if you have experienced the signs of prostate cancer and are waiting for the results of your test. The important thing is that you stay positive and keep your head up. Your doctor will work with you and ensure that you feel comfortable through the whole thing.
Now if the test does come back positive and you do have the cancer, there are a few steps you are going to want to take, the first being to work with your doctor and decide on an effective treatment plan.
Once your doctors know the type, grade and stage of your prostate cancer, they will decide with you which treatment will work best for your type of cancer. They will take any other health issues you may have into consideration and keep in mind that because prostate cancer is often slow-growing, you may be offered a program of very careful, regular follow-up with PSA testing and clinical examinations.
No type of cancer is fun or easy to deal with, and there is no cure for prostate cancer as of yet, however the good news is that there various, effective treatment options which will help you to get control over your condition and feel as good as you can.
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Symptoms and Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer
We all hear of people finding out about their prostate cancer too late, after the cancer has already spread and become very aggressive. You need to keep an eye out on your health in general to ensure that you not only avoid prostate cancer but other kinds of cancer as well.
It is very important to be aware of the different signs and symptoms of metastatic prostate cancer, so that if you ever notice any of these signs and symptoms of metastatic prostate cancer you can get in to your doctor and have a prostate cancer screening as soon as possible.
The only way to deal with metastatic prostate cancer, or any other type of cancer for that matter, is to catch it early and then treat it immediately, so noticing the signs will be a huge deal.
Signs and Symptoms
There are a few different metastatic prostate cancer signs and symptoms that you are going to want to be aware of. More than anything this refers to urinary problems. Maybe you notice that you start and stop while you are urinating, or maybe you have troubles urinating altogether.
Bone pain is another of the most commonly complained about symptoms, especially of the back and pelvis.
Remember
One of the most important things to remember when it comes to metastatic prostate cancer is that there often are no signs or symptoms, and the disease therefore often goes undiagnosed and continues to spread and get worse.
If it turns out that you do have prostate cancer, you should not get negative, but instead stay positive and work together with your doctor to come out of it all with the best results. They will work with you as a team and make sure that your condition is properly taken care of.
The treatment plan that is prescribed to one prostate cancer sufferer may not be the ideal choice for you, and so you should never compare your disease to anyone else’s.
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