Category: Prostate Cancer

Questions to Ask Dr. Siddiq About Minimally Invasive Prostate Cancer Surgery

After a prostate cancer diagnosis, there can be a lot of information to take in. The path you and Dr. Siddiq decide to take for treatment depends on certain factors including the stage of the cancer, your age, and your prostate-specific antigen test result, among others.

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How Do I Know if I Have Prostate Cancer?

Prostate cancer is a serious disease that affects thousands of men over the age of 65.

Unfortunately, there isn’t one symptom that pushes men to go to the doctor to get checked for prostate cancer. One of the best ways to fight the disease is to catch it in its early stages, so it’s important to know what symptoms warrant a call to your doctor.

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Should you be screened for prostate cancer?

According to the National Cancer Institute, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States, after skin cancer.

The prostate is a gland about the size of a walnut located just below the bladder. It is responsible for producing important fluid for reproduction. There is a risk of your prostate slowly growing cancer without any symptoms until it is fully infected or spreads cancer to other parts of your body. Continue reading “Should you be screened for prostate cancer?”