Major advances in health care have been achieved in our time. Prostate cancer screening refers to the procedure of detecting cancerous growth before the symptoms are clear. The cancerous growth may however take long to develop or fail to.
Tests are often carried out to view and tell the extent and presence of the prostate cancer. The first test to determine any abnormalities around the prostate glands and the presence of any lumps on the glands. This is referred to as the Digital-Rectal Exam carried out by a physician who introduces a lubricated finger with gloves to the rectum.
The degree of the prostate specific antigens which are also produced by the prostate in the blood are measured by the Prostate Specific Antigen test. This test examines the PSA levels and measures its relation to the cancer. They are higher in men with the tumor present in their glands. The PSA levels risk increasing due to certain issues such as medical processes and medications and in other situations age and race could affect them too.
The asymptomatic cancer could be examined and probed by the The PSA based screening technique. There are various types of asymptomatic cancer that are aggregated by the screen tests, this may cause either a non progressive or progressive cancerous growth that would have remained asymptomatic in other instances.
The main purpose of the screening is to reduce the deaths of the patients as well as the metastasization of the disease. Prostate tumor patients have three possible occurrences. Some of them may die despite the early detection and adequate treatment, some of them will survive even with no prior screening procedures and some of them survive with the early detection and proper adequate treatment however, there's a lesser chance of survival in this case.
Negative psychological traumas such as constant agitation concerning cancer could affect the PSA test results. These results have uncertainty and are not a hundred percent reliable. The screening procedure may harm the patient and bring about certain effects such as pain, fever, bleeding, infections and urinary difficulties. The treatment procedures such as biopsies could also lead to the patient experiencing some of these effects and are thus advised to consult medical advice as soon as they occur.
PSA screening's long term effects have not been proven yet. Although studies carried out show that their efficiency in reducing the cancers mortality rates have not been successful so far and are minimal. Most men experience the effects of the screen detection and the treatment procedure too early and recurrent and thus are more prone to early deaths.
Men are constantly exposed to effects that are more than the benefits brought about by the screen tests and treatment procedures. Over treatment as a result of the screen tests and treatment processes cause the men to experience unexpectedly harmful effects that would interfere with the asymptomatic stage of the disease.
Doctors and patients need to assess the balance between the advantages and disadvantages of early detection through the screen tests and early treatment. They are meant to determine if it provides chances of preventing death which are low or if it aggregates the prostate cancer through the persistent harm caused by the treatment procedures.
Tests are often carried out to view and tell the extent and presence of the prostate cancer. The first test to determine any abnormalities around the prostate glands and the presence of any lumps on the glands. This is referred to as the Digital-Rectal Exam carried out by a physician who introduces a lubricated finger with gloves to the rectum.
The degree of the prostate specific antigens which are also produced by the prostate in the blood are measured by the Prostate Specific Antigen test. This test examines the PSA levels and measures its relation to the cancer. They are higher in men with the tumor present in their glands. The PSA levels risk increasing due to certain issues such as medical processes and medications and in other situations age and race could affect them too.
The asymptomatic cancer could be examined and probed by the The PSA based screening technique. There are various types of asymptomatic cancer that are aggregated by the screen tests, this may cause either a non progressive or progressive cancerous growth that would have remained asymptomatic in other instances.
The main purpose of the screening is to reduce the deaths of the patients as well as the metastasization of the disease. Prostate tumor patients have three possible occurrences. Some of them may die despite the early detection and adequate treatment, some of them will survive even with no prior screening procedures and some of them survive with the early detection and proper adequate treatment however, there's a lesser chance of survival in this case.
Negative psychological traumas such as constant agitation concerning cancer could affect the PSA test results. These results have uncertainty and are not a hundred percent reliable. The screening procedure may harm the patient and bring about certain effects such as pain, fever, bleeding, infections and urinary difficulties. The treatment procedures such as biopsies could also lead to the patient experiencing some of these effects and are thus advised to consult medical advice as soon as they occur.
PSA screening's long term effects have not been proven yet. Although studies carried out show that their efficiency in reducing the cancers mortality rates have not been successful so far and are minimal. Most men experience the effects of the screen detection and the treatment procedure too early and recurrent and thus are more prone to early deaths.
Men are constantly exposed to effects that are more than the benefits brought about by the screen tests and treatment procedures. Over treatment as a result of the screen tests and treatment processes cause the men to experience unexpectedly harmful effects that would interfere with the asymptomatic stage of the disease.
Doctors and patients need to assess the balance between the advantages and disadvantages of early detection through the screen tests and early treatment. They are meant to determine if it provides chances of preventing death which are low or if it aggregates the prostate cancer through the persistent harm caused by the treatment procedures.
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