Sexual Health
Why does prostate cancer prefer the elderly? Does prostatic hyperplasia not become cancerous
Post Date April, 15 2023
Every year, many elderly people suffer from prostate cancer, which threatens the health of the elderly. So, how to effectively prevent prostate cancer in the elderly? How should prostate cancer be treated?
The prostate is a special organ for men, close to the bladder and rectum, small in size, but often hidden the risk of disease. The incidence rate of benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis, and prostate cancer is increasing year by year, especially prostate cancer, which used to occur in western developed countries. In recent 20 years, the incidence rate of China has risen sharply. Twenty years ago, the incidence rate of Shanghai was 5/100000, and now the incidence rate is about 20/100000~25/100000, The reason is the population aging and the invasion of bad living habits
Prostate cancer favors the elderly
The elderly, people with family history and smokers need regular physical examination
Middle aged and elderly men over 50 years old are the main population of prostate cancer, and with the growth of age, the incidence rate of prostate cancer is also increasing year by year. In fact, the increase of the incidence rate of prostate cancer is inseparable from the aging of the entire population structure. Men over 50 years old should always ring the alarm bell and have regular prostate related examinations.
For people with a family history of prostate cancer (father or brother is a patient with prostate cancer), the risk of prostate cancer is twice that of normal people. If relatives have prostate cancer when they are young, they should be more vigilant, and the age of routine physical examination should be correspondingly advanced. In addition, the risk of prostate cancer will also increase in patients with a history of radiotherapy in the pelvic region. Tobacco is also an inducing factor of prostate cancer, and smokers should also pay special attention to the health of their prostate.
The main treatment of prostate cancer - surgery
How to choose between traditional open surgery and laparoscopic surgery?
Like other malignant tumors, the treatment of prostate cancer is also a multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment process including surgery, radiation therapy, endocrine therapy, biological therapy, Haifu knife, ablation therapy, etc. However, because the early diagnosis rate of prostate cancer is very high, most of them have the conditions for radical surgery, and can achieve very good prognosis after radical surgery. Therefore, radical surgery must be the most important, direct and widely known treatment method in the treatment of prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer surgery includes traditional laparotomy and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, both of which can completely eliminate prostate cancer cells and achieve radical effect. The 10-year survival rate of patients undergoing radical surgery is more than 90%.
