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The thing with most forms of cancer, is that if picked up early, most cases are successfully treated.
Blokes are rubbish at health prevention. I'm 50 this year, and guilty of thinking I am bomb proof. Admitting that you aren't Peter Pan, and are getting to the part of life where things break, go wrong etc, is not really so easy. I don't think that we should expect this admission to be easy either. Whatever, ignoring things can be fatal.
Actually, it's not that hard to check your own prostate you know. Finger up, a bit forward, it should be golf ball sized and smooth. If it's bobbly then that's a sign something is awry.
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Don't get stoic guys........get it checked early doors.
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
pmsl. I check mine all day, every day. Sitting at desk position is a little awkward, but it's worth it, lol
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Medically the lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer is 16 percent, but the risk of dying of prostate cancer is only 2.9 percent - It's clear none of us want it but also very few of us will die of it.
If you want to live longer - dont smoke, dont drink, eat healthily, exercise and be boring
Don't be reassured FALSELY if you have symptoms and your GP feels your gland and says don't worry !!!! It means fuck all. As a screening test to pick up early prostate cancer your GP probably isn't very experienced at detecting it anyway. He simply wont do enough exams or feel enough cancers. Younger GPs receive so little training these days its unlikely they ever felt a cancerous nodule/gland enlargement
To be honest, and this is on a population level, there is no high-level evidence that rectal screening improves survival outcomes.
PSA also does not work as a screening test very usefully. Negative tests should not falsely reassure especially if you have symptoms.
Hopefully MRI scan will become used as a good screening tool and determining need for treatment as some cancers may perhaps not ever need treating
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Jokes aside, wasn't quite where I expected the thread to go, but yknow... embrace the novelty and all that!
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"