Post Date April, 15 2023
Background News:
Prostate cancer is known as the first killer of male health in Europe and the United States. According to the statistical results of a recent sampling survey released by the World Health Organization, approximately 700000 men worldwide are killed due to prostate cancer each year, accounting for 28% of the global male deaths in the same year, making it the second leading cause of male cancer deaths; Moreover, the mortality rate of prostate cancer is increasing at a rate of 2% per year, and it is likely to surpass lung cancer and become the number one killer of male life and health in 2015.
"Tasty and lazy" is the main cause of the disease
What is the reason that the incidence rate of prostate cancer has increased significantly in recent years? In summary, there are two main factors.
First, life expectancy is increasing and the population is aging. Last year, the average life expectancy of men in Shanghai was close to 78 years old, and the proportion of the elderly population exceeded 20%. The degree of aging basically reached the level of developed countries in the West. As prostate cancer is a common malignant tumor for elderly men, the incidence rate is bound to rise with the increase of the elderly population.
According to data from the National Cancer Institute of the United States, 80% of men over the age of 80 have prostate cancer, but the vast majority of people do not know they have cancer. "Early prostate cancer, like Warren Buffett, is relatively mild, with a small tumor that is almost undetectable.". If the patient does not have other diseases themselves, even if they suffer from this cancer, their life expectancy is more than 10 years.
Secondly, the increasingly Westernized lifestyle has to some extent contributed to the occurrence of prostate cancer. In recent years, the incidence age of prostate cancer has shown a significant trend of becoming younger, and it is not uncommon for people under the age of 50. This is closely related to people's high fat, high calorie, low fiber eating habits, and a lack of exercise lifestyle.
The earlier the discovery, the better the treatment effect
The early symptoms of prostate cancer are not obvious, sometimes manifested as urinary obstruction symptoms similar to benign prostatic hyperplasia, such as progressive dysuria, fine urine rheology, bifurcated urine flow, prolonged urinary course, frequent urination, urgency of urination, increased nocturnal urination, and a sense of restlessness in urination. Some patients may experience pain, weight loss, fatigue, and loss of appetite, which are usually signals of advanced tumors. As long as prostate cancer can be detected and diagnosed early, its cure rate is quite high. According to the statistics of urological patients from the Cancer Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, the five-year survival rate of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy is close to 100%. Therefore, prostate cancer is a completely curable tumor. Taiwanese writer Li Ao underwent prostate cancer surgery at the age of 69, and has remained active in the literary world and the media since then.
Men over 50 should be tested annually
Since the 1990s, the detection of serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) has been widely carried out in European and American countries, greatly improving the detection rate of patients with early prostate cancer. As the most sensitive and widely used tumor marker for prostate cancer, many hospitals in China have also conducted PSA testing. Male compatriots only need to donate a few milliliters of blood to conveniently rule out the possibility of disease. Generally, the entire census process only takes about 5 minutes, and there is no pain. Therefore, it is recommended that men over the age of 50 should be tested for PSA at least once a year. For friends with a family history, the testing age should be advanced to 45 years old.
Can't treat headaches and foot pain
For the treatment of prostate cancer, it should be considered as a systemic disease. It is not necessary to treat headache and foot pain with a holistic approach. The current concept of cancer treatment is multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment, which focuses on surgical treatment, supplemented by endocrine therapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, radionuclide, and other comprehensive treatments. This can greatly improve the cure rate and survival rate of prostate cancer patients, which has been proven in clinical practice.
