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Which Is Most Likely Body Part For Prostate Cancer To Spread To?
My uncle who is 42 was diagnosed with prostate cancer a year ago this month. I was just informed their are more complications than I was aware of. I was told that the cancer could have possibly spread to other body parts. ( my uncle waited 9 months to remove the cancer) although, i m aware prostate cancer is a very slow growing cancer, it wasn t the smartest decision to wait 9 months to remove the cancer. My father, had mentioned that he wasn t going to discuss my uncles health until the results were distributed back to him. So my questions are, where is the most likely body part for prostate cancer to spread to? How will it effect his health? And if the cancer did spread to the body part you assume, should it be something to be conscious about?
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hi,
answer to your 1st question-
prostate cancer mainly spreads to axial bones and lymph nodes.
2.the prostatic metastasis to bone is osteoblastic one,which will represent as pain or deformity of bones in later stages.anaemia can also be a feature.
3.if the above symptoms are present then definitely you should be conscious about it!visit the orthopaedicians or surgeon for the treatment as sson as possible who will treat according to the stage of the disease.
just to alleviate the anxiety you may prefer to check bony alkaline phosphate level in the serum whose elevation is hallmark of osteoblastic lesions.
hope that helps!tc! :)
answer to your 1st question-
prostate cancer mainly spreads to axial bones and lymph nodes.
2.the prostatic metastasis to bone is osteoblastic one,which will represent as pain or deformity of bones in later stages.anaemia can also be a feature.
3.if the above symptoms are present then definitely you should be conscious about it!visit the orthopaedicians or surgeon for the treatment as sson as possible who will treat according to the stage of the disease.
just to alleviate the anxiety you may prefer to check bony alkaline phosphate level in the serum whose elevation is hallmark of osteoblastic lesions.
hope that helps!tc! :)
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