What are the symptoms of prostate cancer that I, as a layman , should note?
Donald, Chestnut Hill A. Prostate cancer usually does not cause symptoms until it has spread, when it can cause bone pain or weight loss. Symptoms of urinary difficulty are more commonly due to non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate than to prostate cancer, although in some advanced cases, prostate cancer can also cause difficulty with urination. Absence of symptoms at early stages of prostate cancer are why it can be useful to undergo screening for prostate cancer via the PSA blood test. Q. Should Kegel exercises be done if you have a Foley catheter in place? Tom, Medford A. No Q. Post radiation therapy, 3 years of -0.1 PSA…now PSA up to 0.4. What is causing this increase? John, Beverly A. A small rise in PSA after radiotherapy in unlikely to represent prostate cancer recurrence unless the PSA rises to higher than 1.0. Normal prostate tissue can continue to make some PSA after radiation; this is the likely source of PSA when levels are between 0 to 1 ng/ml after radiotherapy. Q.
