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5th April 2024 (10 Topics)

Prostate cancer

Context

By 2040, cases of prostate cancer are likely to double worldwide to 2.9 million per year, from 1.4 million per year in 2020, according to a new analysis published in the Lancet Commission.

About

  • Prostate cancer is cancer that occurs in the prostate.
  • Prostate cancer, which accounts for 15 per cent of all male cancers, is already a major cause of death and disability.
  • It is the most common form of male cancer in more than half of the world’s countries.
  • The currently available prostate cancer screening is the PSA test — a blood test that measures protein levels called prostate-specific antigen (PSA).

Fact Box: Prostate

  • The prostate is below the bladder (the hollow organ where urine is stored) and in front of the rectum (the last part of the intestines).
  • Behind the prostate are glands called seminal vesicles, which make most of the fluid for semen. The urethra, which is the tube that carries urine and semen out of the body through the penis, goes through the center of the prostate.
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