15 Percent of Cancers in Men is Prostate
In Europe alone reported more than 214 000 cases of prostate cancer. Statistics show that this cancer is the third most popular among men over 60 years. However, prostate cancer is curable if detected early.
There are four levels of prostate cancer ranging from T1 to T4. The medical and scientific advances have helped the vast majority of cancers detected are made while still in stage T1 and T2, suggesting treatment by radical prostatectomy, ie, the complete removal of the prostate. This form of healing is a great success in patients.
However, to enable the person to be a radical prostatectomy, the cancer must have been caught early and it is advisable, and almost demanding that men over 45 years made regular prostate exams to identify it if there is evil.
Unfortunately, radical prostatectomy is the sequel to the patient with erectile dysfunction. But new technologies are allowing this complication is increasingly reduced to 10 or 15 percent of those treated.