Prostate cancer?

Are they any signs when having prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer?
The only sign that you can have is a bump or "ball" that the doctor can feel once they insert their finger into your rectum.
Reply:of course there are, prostate cancer is a serious disease if you are worried about it see a real doctor.
Reply:Yes but not always. The best way to detect prostate cancer is to have a PSA test done. (blood test measuring PSA) When and if any signs do show up they will be much the same as when a man has BPH (or ellarged prostate). Prostate cancer cannot normally be seen in the prostate with any imaging device, e.g. Ultra Sound, CT or PET scans but if it is well developed it can be seen as blood supply going into an area of the prostate where it would normally not be. If one suspects they might have PCa they should see a "Urologist", not just any MD.
Reply:No, in the early stages like many cancers it is a 'quiet' cancer.





The first potential signs are frequency of urination, problems sustaining a flow, problems stopping/dribbling afterwards.





These are all symptoms that can be associated with BPH as well as cancer - they can also be caused by other conditions, and by drug side-effects.





Over the age of 50, you should have a PSA test done every two years to determine if there is an increased likelihood of prostate cancer. A high PSA doesn't mean you do have cancer, but it is concern for further testing. In most cases of high PSA, a needle-biopsy will be required to take some cells from the prostate to test for cancer.
Reply:There are no signs specific to prostate cancer.The general prostate symptoms of frequency/poor stream,terminal dribbling and getting up at night apply to both benign prostate and malignant prostate disease. you would need to see your Doctor and he would arrange blood tests initially including the PSA prostate specific antigen. On the basis of this he may arrange bone scan .prostate biopsy.