| Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of | | | | specific antigen (PSA) is another possibility to |
| cancer death in men, after lung cancer. Every | | | | detect the severity of prostate cancer. Because |
| year it kills more than 30,000 American males. | | | | PSA can reveal how quickly the cancer changes |
| There are two different types of the cancer - an | | | | over time, specialists hope that they will be soon |
| aggressive and deadly one and the other a | | | | able to anticipate the more aggressive form of |
| slower-growing and less harmful one. Making | | | | prostate cancer. |
| possible prostate cancer detection and its severity | | | | In the context of accuracy, more typical methods |
| anticipation is the way to save thousands of men | | | | have recently been the subject of debate. One of |
| a year from surgery (treatment) they don't need. | | | | panel conclusion was that the still standard biopsy |
| The big problem is not the surgery itself, but the | | | | helps doctors determine whether cancer is |
| situation they will face the side effects of that | | | | present. |
| treatment such as impotence, bladder control | | | | Prostate cancer patients should be very |
| troubles and possible worst conditions. | | | | interested in doctor's abilities and methods to |
| To be able for this performance, doctors use | | | | determine the severity of their illness. They need |
| varying techniques. The newest methods involve | | | | a right evaluation of stage and progression of |
| 3-D mapping, a biopsy method in which a grid is | | | | cancer as more men die with prostate cancer |
| placed over the prostate to evaluate the amount | | | | than of it. |
| of cancer and its precise location. The prostate | | | | |