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Offers resources for men on prostate cancer (prostate neoplasm) including warning signs and symptoms, risk factors, possible preventive measures, diagnosis, support, and treatment.
Explains what prostate cancer is and outlines risk factors, symptoms, diagnostic tests, staging, and treatments.
Source: Canadian Cancer Society
Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Canadian men. It is a tumour of the prostate gland, a gland located just below the bladder where the fluid of semen is produced. Although testicular cancer is quite rare, it is the most common cancer in men between the ages of 20 and 45. But it can almost always be treated successfully.
Source: Canadian Health Network
Prostate cancer starts in the prostate gland, which is part of the male reproductive system. It is the size of a walnut and surrounds the urethra just below the bladder. Prostate cancer tends to develop slowly. Although most men with prostate cancer die of causes unrelated to their prostate cancer, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the tissues of the prostate gland. The prostate gland is a small walnut-shaped organ that lies just below a man's bladder. It is part of the male reproductive tract and creates fluid for semen.
Source: Government of British Columbia - Ministry of Health Services
Argues that the balance between mind, body, emotions, and spirit affects the quality of life for men with prostate cancer. Acknowledges that coping with a cancer diagnosis is a different experience for every person involved. Offers suggestions to family and health professionals on providing support for these men.
Source: Canadian Health Network
It can happen to any man. Although lung cancer continues to be the number one cause of cancer death for men, it is prostate cancer that is most frequently diagnosed.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
What is prostate cancer? Outlines the facts, causes, symptoms, risk factors, treatment and prevention.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is the medical term for enlargement of a man’s prostate gland whose primary purpose is to produce most of the fluids in semen.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
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