TAILIEUCHUNG - Questions & Answers About Prostate Cancer, Bone Metastases, and Treatment-Related Osteoporosis

The experience of breast cancer can also create challenges for a marriage or signif- icant relationship. Difficulties include communication problems, difficulty coping and sexual dysfunction (one study found that approximately 50% of women with cancer had at least one diagnosed sexual dysfunction during the posttreatment year) (Anderson,Ander- son, & DeProsse, 1989). However, research suggests that when marriages are strong before the development of breast cancer, the disease does not usually disrupt the relation- ship, and may result in an even closer relationship (Oktay & Walter, 1991). And yet, in a troubled relationship, the disease may prove too stressful for the couple to handle (Oktay, 1998) | Questions Answers About Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases and Treatment-Related Osteoporosis a Publication of The Bone and Cancer Foundation General Information about Prostate Cancer 1. Q. What is prostate cancer A. Prostate cancer is an abnormal malignant growth of the prostate a walnut-sized gland at the base of the urinary bladder in men. 2. Q. How common is prostate cancer A. Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men except for skin cancer and a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. In 2007 close to 218 890 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 27 050 men will die from prostate cancer in the . 3. Q. How is prostate cancer diagnosed A. Prostate cancer is most often diagnosed by needle biopsy of the prostate gland. Biopsies are usually advised for men found to have either an abnormal digital rectal exam DRE or elevated PSA blood level. The medical term for PSA is prostate-specific antigen. Some but not all men with an abnormal DRE or PSA have prostate cancer. Digital rectal exam DRE is a procedure in which a gloved finger is put into the rectum to check the prostate gland. Prostate-specific antigen PSA is a protein produced by the prostate gland. Its level goes up in the blood of some men who have prostate cancer. It can also go up with other conditions that affect the prostate. These include infections prostatitis and a non-cancerous growth that comes with aging benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH . 4. Q. What are the risk factors for prostate cancer A. Risk for prostate cancer increases with age. More than 90 of men diagnosed with prostate cancer are older than 50 years. African-American men have a higher risk for prostate cancer than men of other races. A family history of prostate cancer increases prostate cancer risk. About 10 of prostate cancers appear to run in families although little is known about how or why this happens. Some environmental factors including high intake of dietary fat appear to increase prostate cancer risk. 5.

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