Prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in American men after skin cancer. It tends to be a slow-growing cancer, but there are also aggressive, fast-growing types of prostate cancer. Screening tests can find the disease early, sometimes before symptoms develop, when treatments are most effective.

What Are the Five Warning Signs of Prostate Cancer?

• A painful or burning sensation during urination or ejaculation.
• Frequent urination, particularly at night.
• Difficulty stopping or starting urination.
• Sudden erectile dysfunction.
• Blood in urine or semen.

Can Prostate Cancer kill you?

Prostate cancer is very common, showing up in 240,000 U.S. men every year. It kills about 30,000 a year. In most men, prostate cancer isn’t likely to kill them before something else does. But since prostate cancer still kills so many men, it’s important to find out which men are most at risk of dying early.

Prostate gland – It’s not clear what causes prostate cancer. Doctors know that prostate cancer begins when some cells in your prostate become abnormal. Mutations in the abnormal cells’ DNA cause the cells to grow and divide more rapidly than normal cells do. The abnormal cells continue living, when other cells would die.

How does prostate pain feel like?

Prostatitis is swelling and inflammation of the prostate gland, a walnut-sized gland situated directly below the bladder in men. … Prostatitis often causes painful or difficult urination. Other symptoms include pain in the groin, pelvic area or genitals and sometimes flu-like symptoms.

What foods kill prostate cancer?
You’ll still need to see your doctor for regular prostate cancer screenings, but you can start boosting your prostate health by trying these six foods.

• Tomatoes. Tomatoes contain a powerful antioxidant called lycopene. …
• Broccoli. …
• Green tea. …
• Legumes and soybeans. …
• Pomegranate juice. …
• Fish.