Symptoms

frequent urination
Don't get up to urinate at night
intermittent urination
difficult urination
painful urination
bloody urine
bloody semen

Having these complaints does not indicate prostate cancer, but it can be a clue. When at least one of these complaints is present, a urology specialist should be consulted.

Risk factors

Although there is no significant risk factor for prostate cancer, the most important risk factors identified to date are;

1) The risk increases with age.
2) The risk of developing prostate cancer in a first degree relative (father, brother, older brother) is twice as high as other people.
3) A diet rich in saturated fats (fats found in animal foods, butter, margarine, tallow, tail fat) and red meat, and poor in vegetables and fruits, may increase the risk of prostate cancer.

 

Treatment

The treatment of each patient differs, and multiple factors such as the location of the disease, the stage of the disease, the patient's age and other health problems are effective in the treatment decision. These treatments, which require a multidisciplinary study; It includes different options such as immunotherapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy.