prostate cancer is the most common cancers in humans. For anatomical reasons, diseases of the prostate and their treatments can lead to erectile dysfunction. The main risk is the achievement of neurovascular strips involved in the mechanism of erection.
Around the urethra, the gland hampers evacuation of urine when it first began to take pathologically volume. Sometimes it reveals its presence in a sometimes painful but in most cases the disease remains asymptomatic long. It is usually discovered after a routine screening performed on the proposal of the general practitioner when men approach middle age. The examination consists of a digital rectal examination and a blood assay of specific markers (PSA). The diagnosis must be confirmed by an ultrasound and possibly a biopsy. [click to continue…]
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