How men can prevent prostate cancer: Early prostate cancer screening is necessary

Prostate cancer is common in men over 50 years old, and its incidence rate is second only to lung cancer. It is no exaggeration to say that prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death among men. Because prostate cancer often has no symptoms in the early stage, and the only symptoms are frequent urination, increased nocturia, and dysuria, but these are often ignored by patients, resulting in the rapid development of the disease beyond the optimal treatment time.

Because early symptoms are ignored, once obvious symptoms appear, it has already reached the middle and late stages of the disease. Therefore, early diagnosis of prostate cancer is very important. There are also several methods for diagnosing prostate cancer.

1. Digital anal examination

This examination method is relatively simple and takes less time. Its accuracy rate is generally 50% to 80%. If hard nodules are found during the examination, and the lumps are of different sizes and relatively fixed, they should be taken seriously and be careful of prostate cancer, which requires further examination.

2. Blood prostate-specific antigen

That is, pSA, which is very effective for the early diagnosis of prostate cancer. Only a small amount of blood needs to be drawn to complete the screening, and it has a high sensitivity in diagnosing prostate cancer. However, this examination method is prone to interference with other disease examinations.

3. Transrectal prostate ultrasound examination

Transrectal B-ultrasound is an examination performed by inserting an ultrasound probe into the rectum. It can clearly display the anatomical structure of the prostate, visually observe the condition of the prostate, and even measure data. It is currently the most commonly used and most effective imaging examination method.

4. Prostate biopsy

If the above methods cannot accurately determine the nature of the prostate, then a puncture biopsy can determine the nature of the prostate, and this is also the most effective examination method at present. However, this is a traumatic examination, but it will not cause great pain to the patient, so the patient can rest assured.

Prostate cancer brings great pain to men, so early detection, early examination and early diagnosis are very helpful for the treatment of the disease, and can also control the disease early. Therefore, annual physical examinations are essential, especially for middle-aged and elderly people.