Pictures of Prostate CancerDigital Rectal ExamMost likely your doctor has already performed a rectal digital exam, looking for prostate cancer warning signs.
Your doctor will feel around with his finger looking for abnormalities such as hardness, size, and unusual bumps. Enlarged ProstateIf the size of your prostate is normal and there are no other problems, including low
PSA scores,
you may just have an
enlarged prostate.
When your prostate gets too enlarged aka BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), it may cut off the flow of urine, as shown here. 
As your prostate gland gets continuously larger, it may make urinating that much more difficult. Cancerous Prostate GlandIf you've actually been diagnosed with prostate cancer, your prostate will start resembling something like this.
You can see the differance in smoothness and texture between the enlarged prostate and prostate cancer pictures. Prostate Cancer Cross SectionA cross section of a cancerous prostate gland.
Prostate Cancer Under MicroscopeYour prostate cancer under microscope may look similar to this.
Notice the differance between the healthy top image and cancerous bottom image. Stages of Prostate CancerIf you progress through the
stages of prostate cancer,
the cancerous cells will eventually take over more tissue around the prostate gland.
Hopefully these prostate cancer pictures have given you a better idea of what the progression looks like. If the pictures are making you feel uneasy, you may feel comforted looking at the survival rate for prostate cancer. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, the statistics are promising afterwards for living a happy and long life.
|
Our Free Newsletter
|
||
|
If you find this information helpful, share it with your friends!
Subscribe To       |
|||
|
|
|||
Copyright© 2007-2010 Mens-Hormonal-Health.com | |||
