The Warning Sign to Look Out For That Could Indicate You Have Prostate Cancer
- Signs include using the bathroom more often, pain, burning, and blood in the urine
- Men over the age of 50 can request a free PSA test, but the tests are not entirely accurate
Warning signs of prostate cancer include going to the bathroom more often, especially at night.
Other symptoms include taking longer to go to the bathroom, starting and stopping, pain, a burning sensation, and blood in the urine.
Men over the age of 50 can request a free PSA test, which measures the level of prostate specific antigen in the blood.
A high reading can be a sign of cancer, but the test is not entirely accurate. Your GP will carry out other tests before deciding if you should see a specialist.
Most men with high readings will have an MRI to give a better indication of whether it is cancer before it is confirmed with a biopsy.
For many men with prostate cancer, no treatment is necessary and is instead controlled.
Men over the age of 50 can request a free PSA test, which measures the level of prostate specific antigen in the blood (Stock Image)
But for those who do require treatment, for example if the disease has already spread, this often consists of hormone therapy, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, depending on the person’s diagnosis.
Prostate cancer mainly affects men over the age of 50. Those whose parents or siblings have had it are two and a half times more likely to be diagnosed.
Men are also at risk if their mother or sister had breast cancer before age 60, because it is caused by the same genes.
Black men are more likely to develop prostate cancer, as are overweight or obese men.
