Prostate cancer – Signs and symptoms

• Need to urinate often (frequent urination), especially at night

• Urgent need to urinate (urgent urination)

• Difficulty starting and/or stopping urinating

• Inability to urinate

• Weak or reduced urine stream

• Interrupted stream of urine

• Feeling that you have not completely emptied your bladder

• Burning or pain sensation during urination

• Presence of blood in the urine or painful ejaculation

These same signs and symptoms of prostate cancer can also be caused by other conditions.   It is therefore important to consult a health care practitioner if unusual symptoms occur because

as the tumour grows or metastases attack other parts of the body, there will be what are called late symptoms such   as:

• Bone pain especially in the back, hips, thighs or neck

• Weight loss

• Fatigue

• Decreased red blood cell counts (anemia)

• Weakness or numbness in the legs or feet

• Loss of bladder or bowel control

For additional information:

We strongly suggest that you visit the website of the Canadian Cancer Society www.cancer.ca which is intended to be the most complete and which deals with the subject in a very scientific and above all very professional way. All the information mentioned above can be found there but more complete.