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WHAT IS IT?

It is a malignant tumor that develops in the prostate gland. It consists of uncontrolled growth of prostate cells. This means, among other things, that the prostate, because of its location, press on the bladder and urethra by preventing the normal urine output.

Most prostate cancers grow very slowly, although some do it quickly, they can even spread.

The prostate is a glandular organ, the size of a walnut, found in men and situated around the neck of the bladder and urethra, in front of the rectum. Some liquid, whitish and viscous, which is mixed with sperm at the time of ejaculation.

There are lymph vessels surrounding the prostate and that lead to pelvic lymph nodes. When a prostate cancer, there is the possibility that cancer cells spreading through lymphatic vessels and affect the lymph and from there to anywhere on the body.

STATISTICS

Prostate cancer is the second most common tumor in men, behind lung cancer. Around the world approximately 700,000 new cases diagnosed per year, representing 11.7% of all male tumors.

In Spain some 13,300 cases are detected annually, representing almost 14% of all tumors in men. Annually our country occur in about 6,000 deaths this diagnosis (10% of all cancer deaths among males)

Compared with other developed countries, the Spanish rate is low (36 new cases per 100,000 population), but the disease shows an upward trend since the 90s.

While in these countries in developing is the sixth most common tumor (after lung cancer, stomach, liver, esophagus and colon),
in developed countries its incidence has grown very rapidly over the last decade, probably by early diagnosis, and in many countries is often the first among men, far ahead of lung cancer (North America, Australia and Europe, mainly North ).

The survival rates indicate that in the Western world, 92% of men diagnosed survive at least five years after diagnosis, and 67% over 10 years. The prognosis improves when detected early, and it is estimated that 58% of tumors are diagnosed at this stage still localized.

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