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  Prostate cancer is one of the leading cancers in males. Symptoms may include pain, bladder issues, or sexual dysfunction. Early detection is key. What are the earliest symptoms of prostate cancer? Prostate cancer, especially in the early stages, will typically cause pain, urinary symptoms, and it can affect your sexual function. Urinary symptoms Prostate cancer shares many similar symptoms with benign diseases of the prostate. The earliest prostate cancer symptoms are often urinary. Warning signs can include: • frequent urination • urination that burns • difficulty with starting urine flow • weak flow, or “dribbling” • blood in the urine • frequently urinating at night Many of these symptoms can be indicative of noncancerous diseases of the prostate, a gland located near the bladder. These include an enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostatitis, an inflamed prostate gland, usually due to infection. Unlike prostate cancer, BPH an...

  W H A T I S PRO S T A T E CAN C ER? T he p r o s tate   The p r ost a te is a g l a nd f o und on l y in m a l e s. As s h own in the pi c tu r e b e low, the p r ost a te is just b e low the bl a dd e r a nd in fr ont of the r ec t u m. The si z e of the p r ost a te v ar i e s with a g e . I n y ou n g e r m e n, it is a bout the si z e of a w a ln u t, but it ca n be mu c h l a r g e r in old e r m e n. The tube th a t c arr i e s u r ine ( the u r e th ra ) r uns th r ou g h the ce nt e r of the p r ost a t e . The p r ost a te c ont a ins c e lls th a t m a ke some of the f luid ( s e m e n) th a t p r o t ec ts a n d nou r ish e s the sp er m.   The p r ost a te b e g ins to d e v e lop b ef o r e bi r th a nd k e e ps on g r owi n g until a m a n b ec om e s a n a dult. M a le ho r mon e s ( c a ll e d a nd r o g e ns) s u c h a s t e stost er one c a use this g r owth. The p r ost a te usu a l l y ...