NEWS 8 IS PUTTING YOU FIRST TONIGHT WITH PROSTATE HEALTH. PROSTATE CANCER IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CANCERS FOUND IN MEN AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS FOR MANY IS KEY. MAUREEN JOINING US NOW WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN STUDIO B WITH MORE ON THIS. ABSOLUTELY. FIRST THINGS FIRST THOUGH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER, ABOUT SCREENING , ABOUT TREATMENT, PERHAPS ABOUT SYMPTOMS, CALL. THE NUMBER IS 287-8005. WE HAVE DOCTORS HERE FROM ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH AND UR MEDICINE AND THEY WILL BE HERE THROUGH 6:30 TO ANSWER ALL OF YO' QUESTIONS.
JOINING ME PARENTALLY IS THE DOCTOR AT THE CENTER FOR YOUR ROLLING AND ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM. FIRST THINGS FIRST. WHAT IS PROSTATE CANCER IN. IT IS A CANCER OF THE PROSTATE GLAND THAT SITS UNDERNEATH THE BLADDER IN MEN. THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH AMONG AMERICAN MEN AFTER LUNG CANCER. THE MOST COMMON NON-SKIN CANCER IN AMERICAN MEN AS WELL AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT INITIALLY PRESENTS VERY SILENTLY. NO REAL SIP TOMS FOR THE MOST PART. EARLY DETECTION AND SCREENING IS IMPORTANT TO HELP FIND THE DISEASE IN AN EARLIER STATE TO INCREASE THE RATE OF BETTER CARE WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM SCREEN ING? ALL MEN? THE AMERICAN NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, CANCER SOCIETY AND MEDICAL SOILTS SAY MEN WHO STAND TO THE MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 55 AND 70 YEARS OLD WITH NO OTHER CONCERNING RISK FACTORS.
NOW THOSE CONCERNING RISK FACTORS MOST MONLY ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RACE OR MEN WITH FAMILY HISTORY WHO MIGHT WANT TO BE SCREENED EARLIER AT AGE 50 OR SOONER DEPENDING ON THEIR FAMILY PROFILE. BUT THE ULTIMATE DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO SCREEN FOR PROSTATE CANCER IS AN IMPORTANT NUANCED DECISION TO GAUGE THE RISKS AND BENEFITS. HOW MANY MEN LOCALLY HAVE PROSTATE CANCER? WELL,.
NATIONALLY SPEAKING ABOUT 60 ,000 SCAIS– 200,000 OF PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSED NATIONALLY. AND ABOUT 30,000 PROSTATE CANCER DEATHS PER YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE THE LOCAL NUMBERS FOR ROCHESTER BUT THOSE ARE THE NATIONAL STATISTICS. SAFE TO SAY WE ARE TALKING THOUSANDS. FOR SURE. ONE MORE REASON WHY PEOPLE SHOULD GET SCREENED FOR SURE. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE PHONES ARE STARTING TO RING. WE'LL LET YOU GO IT RIGHT TO THEM. THANK YOU AND WE HAVE OTHER DOCTORS HERE FROM ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH AND UR MEDICINE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. IF YOU WANT TO CALL NOW 287-8005 , THEY WILL BE HERE THROUGH 6:30 AND WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE ON ALL OF THIS IN JUST A COUPLE MORE MINUTES. BACK TO ADAM NOW..
