What are the 5 early warning signs of prostate cancer?

These include:

A Noticeable burning while urinating or during ejaculation.

A frequent need to urinate.

Blood in urine.

Blood in semen.

Pain in the bones.

Erectile dysfunction.

Difficulty starting or stopping a stream of urine.

Inability to urinate standing up.

Symptoms of advanced prostate cancer include: Dull, deep pain or stiffness in the pelvis, lower back, ribs, or upper thighs; pain in the bones of those areas. Loss of weight and appetite, fatigue, nausea, or vomiting. Swelling of the lower extremities.

Prostate cancer mainly affects men over 50, and your risk increases as you get older. The average age for men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer is between 65 and 69 years. If you are under 50, your risk of getting prostate cancer is very low. Men under 50 can get it, but it isn’t common.

The 5-year survival rate for most men with local or regional prostate cancer is nearly 100%. Ninety-eight percent (98%) are alive after 10 years. For men diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, the 5-year survival rate is 30%.

Side effects of prostate surgery. The major possible side effects of radical prostatectomy are urinary incontinence (being unable to control urine) and erectile dysfunction (impotence; problems getting or keeping erections). These side effects can also occur with other forms of prostate cancer treatment.

Symptoms of prostate cancer include:

A need to urinate frequently, especially at night.

Difficulty starting urination.

Inability to urinate.

Weak or interrupted flow of urine (dribbling)

Painful or burning urination.

Painful ejaculation.

Blood in urine or semen.

Frequent pain or stiffness in the back, hips, or upper thighs.

Others have pain or burning during urination, blood in the urine or semen, pain in the back, hips, or pelvis, and painful ejaculation. To find out if these symptoms are caused by prostate cancer, your doctor will ask about your past medical problems and your family’s medical history.

Approximately 90% of all prostate cancers are detected in the local and regional stages, so the cure rate is very high: Nearly 100% of men diagnosed and treated at this stage will be disease-free after five years. However, prostate cancer is still a deadly disease.

Deaths from prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind lung cancer. About 1 man in 41 will die of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer can be a serious disease, but most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it.

Prostate Infection Facts

Prostatic infection symptoms include groin pain, dysuria, pain with ejaculation, reduced urine output; and may include fever, malaise, and periodic recurrence of symptoms even after treatment.

Seek medical care if symptoms develop, emergency care if fever or inability to urinate occurs.

Prostatitis is swelling and inflammation of the prostate gland, a walnut-sized gland situated directly below the bladder in men. Prostatitis often causes painful or difficult urination. Other symptoms include pain in the groin, pelvic area or genitals and sometimes flu-like symptoms.

Early prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms. More advanced prostate cancers sometimes cause symptoms, such as: Problems urinating, including a slow or weak urinary stream or the need to urinate more often, especially at night. Blood in the urine or semen.

Symptoms of enlarged prostate can include:

A weak or slow urinary stream.

A feeling of incomplete bladder emptying.

Difficulty starting urination.

Frequent urination.

Urgency to urinate.

Getting up frequently at night to urinate.

A urinary stream that starts and stops.

Straining to urinate.

Inherited mutations in this gene might let abnormal cells live longer than they should, which can lead to an increased risk of prostate cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2: These tumor suppressor genes normally help repair mistakes in a cell’s DNA (or cause the cell to die if the mistake can’t be fixed).

Inherited Risk for Prostate Cancer. About 5 to 10 percent of all prostate cancers diagnosed are hereditary, meaning that an increased risk for the disease runs in the family. If two close male relatives are affected, a man’s lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer is increased five-fold.

Prostate screening tests might include:

Digital rectal exam (DRE). During a DRE, your doctor inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to examine your prostate, which is adjacent to the rectum.

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.

The prostate gland surrounds the urethra, the tube through which urine passes out of the body. Prostate enlargement happens to almost all men as they get older. An enlarged prostate is often called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). It is not cancer, and it does not raise your risk for prostate cancer.

If you have any of these signs, see your doctor. These are potential cancer symptoms.

Change in bowel or bladder habits.

A sore that does not heal.

Unusual bleeding or discharge.

Thickening or lump in the breast or elsewhere.

Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing.

Obvious change in a wart or mole.

Painless lump or swelling on either testicle. If found early, a testicular tumor may be about the size of a pea or a marble, but it can grow much larger. Pain or discomfort, with or without swelling, in a testicle or the scrotum. Change in the way a testicle feels or a feeling of heaviness in the scrotum.

In theory, prostate cancer cells can spread anywhere in the body. In practice, though, most cases of prostate cancer metastasis occur in the lymph nodes and the bones. Prostate cancer metastasis occurs when cells break away from the tumor in the prostate.