Why Prostate Cancer Can Cause Weight Loss: Five Ways
Men with prostate cancer may experience unintended and significant weight loss. There are five reasons why this can happen. […]
Can Cancer of the Penis Make It Smell?
Many men notice a bad odor coming from their penis. Cancer can affect the penis and has a high mortality rate. If a man begins detecting a smell from his penis, the first thing that [...]
Penis Bleeds During Erections: Causes and Solutions
There are multiple possible reasons for a penis that bleeds during erections, including cancer. […]
Sharp Headache When Ejaculating? What Should You Do?
Do you suffer a sharp headache or head pain only when you ejaculate? “The act of ejaculation causes a great deal of changes in your body,” says Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD, a board-certified urologist specializing in [...]
What Kind of Pain Does Testicular Cancer Cause?
By the time testicular cancer begins causing pain, your prognosis won’t be looking too good. Half of U.S. testicular cancers occur in men ages 20 to 34. […]
Pain in One Testicle During Coughing: Sign of Cancer?
When you cough, do you feel pain in one of your testicles? What’s alarming about this is that testicular cancer typically occurs in only one testicle. So when a new symptom occurs on one side [...]
Is Clear Jelly Discharge After Urination in Men Cancer?
A discharge of a sticky or jelly like substance with a man’s urination or right after can set off the cancer alarm bells. Prostate cancer is a disease that can cause a variety of symptoms. [...]
Why You Twitch Down There After Prostate Cancer Surgery
Following prostate cancer surgery, a man may experience twitching down there, or what seems like a kind of twitching within or near his manhood. This not only can be quite annoying to some patients, but [...]
Deadly vs. Non-Fatal Prostate Cancer: Telling the Difference
Prostate cancer kills, while other patients live decades after diagnosis. What can be done to identify the lethal forms of prostate cancer? […]
Can a CT Scan Miss Prostate Cancer?
A “negative” CT scan for prostate cancer isn’t anything to get too hopeful about because a CT scan can actually miss prostate cancer. […]
Why Even Early Prostate Cancer Is Potentially Deadly
Don’t be fooled that an early, slow growing prostate cancer is nothing to worry about and can’t be deadly. Don’t let the relative lack of publicity regarding prostate cancer trick you into believing that this [...]
Can a Radical Prostatectomy Make Food Taste Funny?
It’s not unheard of for a man to wonder if the change in the way food tastes is somehow connected to his recent radical prostatectomy. The patient needs to make sure that this is not [...]
Where Can Prostate Cancer Cause Pain & How Does It Feel?
Prostate cancer can cause pain in many areas and not just because of bone spread, but also due to other features of the disease. It can feel different ways depending on the nature of the [...]
How Is It Possible to Have Really Low PSA & Prostate Cancer?
A very low PSA but aggressive prostate cancer? Yes, for three reasons. “Most prostate cancers produce PSA,” says Sean Cavanaugh, MD, Chief of Radiation Oncology at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Southeastern Regional Medical [...]
Best Diet to Help Treat Prostate Cancer During Radiation
If you’re undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer, here’s how you should change your diet to ensure that both diet and medical treatment work most effectively. During Radiation Treatement: What to Eat and Why “Depending [...]
Can a Prostatectomy Cause Permanent Incontinence?
If you have prostate cancer, there’s no way around a prostatectomy—it has to be done—but can a prostatectomy really make you permanently incontinent? […]
How Long Will Painful Urination Last after Catheter Removal?
Catheter removal after prostate cancer surgery can cause painful urination as well as pain even when sitting. “Most of the time, bladder pain after catheter removal goes away relatively quickly, on the order of a [...]
Why Is There So Little Publicity About Prostate Cancer?
Where’s the publicity for prostate cancer? It’s a myth it’s a “good” cancer; it’s expected to kill 26,700 U.S. men this year despite 161,360 new diagnoses. […]
What Happens to Sperm After Prostate Removal?
After prostate removal, the sperm has to go somewhere – but where? Men who are facing prostate removal due to cancer will surely wonder where their sperm will go after removal of the prostate gland. [...]
Risk of Prostate Cancer Spread from Needle Biopsy?
You’re scared that prostate cancer—which you don’t know if you have—will spread by a needle biopsy. But if you don’t have the needle biopsy, then you can’t be diagnosed with prostate cancer – and thus [...]
Can You Have an Extremely High PSA but No Prostate Cancer?
Should you panic about prostate cancer if you learn that your PSA is shockingly high? […]
Prostate Cancer, Catheter Removal, Bladder Pain: Causes, Solutions
Some men suffer with bladder pain following catheter removal after prostate cancer treatment—for several weeks. What are the causes of this and what can be done about it? […]
Can You Be Too Old to Get Prostate Cancer?
“The incidence of prostate cancer increases dramatically with age,” says a report by Sandeep Mistry, MD and colleagues. […]
Is There a Test Better than PSA for Predicting Prostate Cancer?
A study has determined that the IsoPSA blood test is more accurate at predicting prostate cancer than is the traditional PSA test. […]
How Often Can a Biopsy Miss Prostate Cancer and Why?
“A traditional prostate biopsy, which is a random sampling of the prostate, can miss prostate cancers,” says Michael Herman, MD, Director of Urologic Oncology at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, NY. […]
How Long Does It Take Prostate Cancer to Spread to Hips?
Do you live in fear of prostate cancer every time your hip bone area begins aching, as you imagine that this is a metastasis from a tumor in your prostate? “Every prostate cancer is unique,” [...]
Da Vinci Surgery for Prostate Cancer: Erectile Dysfunction?
Many men with prostate cancer fear becoming impotent after being treated with the da Vinci robot procedure. […]
Can Prostate Cancer Cause Cloudy Urine?
Cloudy urine has many potential causes. Many men just cannot get the idea of prostate cancer — which has a lifetime risk of one in six U.S. men—out of their mind, and obsessively check their [...]
Why Are Big Men More Likely to Get Aggressive Prostate Cancer?
Tall or fat men have a higher risk of getting aggressive prostate cancer. This doesn’t mean that short skinny men can breathe a sigh of relief. European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Researchers investigated [...]
What is a Safe PSA Count?
The PSA count is a widely accepted screening tool for the presence of prostate cancer. As for what is truly a safe PSA count, here is what Michael D. Lutz, MD, explains: “If your PSA [...]
If Prostate Cancer Can Be Found Early Why Do So Many Men Die?
About 23,000 U.S. men die from prostate cancer every year, yet the disease can be found early when it’s highly curable. So why do so many men die from this cancer? […]
Enlarged Prostate vs. Prostate Cancer: Symptom Comparison
The symptom overlap from an enlarged prostate and prostate cancer are nearly identical as far as urine-related symptoms. […]
How Much Walking Lowers Prostate Cancer Risk?
There is strong evidence that walking cuts the risk of developing prostate cancer, which kills about 30,000 U.S. men every year. Walking is an undeniable way to lower the risk of prostate cancer. […]
A Good Type of Exercise for Prostate Cancer Patients
A study recommends a particular exercise for men with prostate cancer undergoing radiation treatment. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, recommend yoga. Men, especially those who are undergoing radiation treatment for [...]
Tiny Black Dots, Specks in Semen: Urologist Explains
Here is what a urologist has to say about the cause of tiny black dots or specks in your semen. “This is not an uncommon complaint, but in general, there is no good answer,” begins [...]
Can Lower Back Pain Be Caused by Prostate Cancer?
Back pain can actually be caused by prostate cancer, and by the time this happens, the cancer has spread -- it is at an advanced stage. “In general, prostate cancer causes no symptoms,” begins Kenneth [...]
Fishy Smell Around Penis: Causes and Solutions
A urologist explains the causes of a fish-like smell around the penis. That fishy smell from your penis is caused by certain problems that you can remedy. A fishy smell around your penis is not [...]
