Yearly Archives: 2022

A diagnosis of prostate cancer is a major life-changing event that brings social, psychological, physical, and financial challenges. Other than the support from family and friends, a multi-disciplinary team is working closely together to coordinate the care of patients with prostate cancer.

As part of Prostate Cancer Awareness month, I would like to address some common but very important questions relating to prostate cancer. I hope that this will be useful for you. What are the causes of an elevated PSA blood test? Unfortunately, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is not a sensitive blood test for detecting prostate cancer, because a number of benign conditions can result in elevation of PSA levels.

Bladder cancer usually affects older people, with a sharp increase in incidence after the age of 55. These patients are often smokers and usually have a number of medical problems (including heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure). This means…

It is often devastating for men when they find out that they have prostate cancer. When the cancer is localised within the prostate (i.e., ‘no spread’ of cancer outside the prostate), urologists will usually recommend either surgery to remove the…