Prostate Cancer is the “Second’’ most frequently diagnosed cancer in men. Globally it is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related death in men with 899,000 of new cases diagnosed annually in the developing world (GLOBOCAN Report, 2008). It’s a form of tumor (cancer) that emerges from the prostate gland. The prostate gland is a pear shaped gland located directly below of the urinary bladder and circling the prostatic urethra.
The incidence of prostatic cancer is very uncommon in men younger than 45, but becomes more common with advancing age. In order words prostate cancer is a disease of the aging population.
Risk Factors
While the cause of prostate cancer is exactly not known, certain things/factors have been linked with increasing a person’s likelihood of having the disease. Such factors are called risk factors (anything that increases a person’s chance of getting a disease). In prostate cancer, risk factors that have been identified include: Age, genetics and obesity.
The outlined risk factors are not absolute because based on experience, some men who don’t have any of this risk factors may still have the disease while on the other hand, those with one or more risk factors may eventually not have
