So your doctor has suggested you need a DRE (Digital rectum Exam) to see if you have a healthy prostate? Although somewhat uncomfortable the DRE is a relatively simple test to screen for prostate cancer. The goal of the DRE test is to detect if you have prostate cancer in its early stages, when treatment is most successful. The digital rectal exam is typically done during a standard physical exam for men.

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Can you really treat your prostate naturally - without drugs or surgery? That was what I asked myself last year when I had a simple blood test that turned my world upside down.

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In prostate cancer terminology PSA stands for prostate specific antigen. Learn more about PSA levels and what it means to cancer patients and doctors.

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Prostate cancer symptoms are similar to those of chronic prostatitis. After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the second most common diagnosed cancer for men in the U.S.

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The HIFU treatment is approved in Europe, Japan, China, Latin America, Caribbean, and Mexico, but has not yet received FDA approval in the US. Of all the HIFU approved doctors and hospitals in the world, these American urologists have joined up with a renowned and respected local urologist at San Javier to do their work.

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For a lot of patients suffering from advanced prostate cancer chemotherapy can be worse than the disease itself. Now however studies have indicated that it could be possible to have a brief chemotherapy holiday.

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Prostate Cancer is a disease caused by the mutation of cells in the prostate that begin to multiply at increasing rates. Prostate Cancer can develop at any age; however it is more common in older men and risks increase drastically with advancing age. In some men, the cancer can develop unnoticed and the men will die of other causes; though when caught early, prostate cancer has a 90% cure rate. This article outlines the signs and symptoms of prostate cancer, as well as the potential treatments for it.

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It may appear strange but for many years men knew very little about their prostate gland and it is only in the past few years as prostate cancer has gained in prominence that men are beginning to ask just what the prostate gland is and what it does. The prostate gland is an important component of the male reproductive system which produces a clear liquid which makes up a substantial portion of a man’s seminal fluid. Sperm is taken from the testes to the prostate gland where it is mixed with proteins and prostatic fluid to form…

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