Prostate cancer is one of the common cancers afflicting men. Prostate cancer is usually detected late in life and progresses very slowly. Sometimes it is said that before prostate cancer can endanger the life, something else would kill the patient.

It is a cancerous growth of the prostate gland. This disease usually strikes men in their 60s and 70s.

Prostate cancer appears more common in certain races as compared to others. It is noted that American blacks have a much higher incidence and men from Japan have a low incidence of prostate cancer.

The present study shows that there is no significant correlation between prostate cancer and marital status or fertility of an individual. No differences were found between cancer and control groups with respect to circumcision, weight, height, blood group, consumption of tobacco or alcohol, or specific medical or surgical history.

The human body is made up of billions of cells. These cells multiply and ensure growth, tissue renewal and wound healing. Cancer is an illness characterized by the significant growth and proliferation of abnormal cells. These cells form tumors, which are called cancerous or malignant growths. In man, the prostate is one of the parts of the body most frequently affected by cancer.

These cancerous or malignant tumors hinder the function of the organ in which they develop, as well as crush and destroy other normal organs. A certain type of process (metastasis) can occur in which some of the cancer cells become detached from a malignant tumor and are disseminated, for example in the blood flow. They colonize in other parts of the body, where they cause the development of new tumors.