Monday, January 4, 2010

Does prostate cancer come from a tumor

does prostate cancer come from a tumor?
if so what percentage of the time is a tumor in the prostate not cancerous or is cancerous?
Cancer - 4 Answers
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1 :
Do a little research. Your thinking is all messed up.
2 :
it's not a tuma
3 :
I never heard of a tumor in the prostate. Usually prostate cancer is small amounts of cancerous cells that can spread over time. If it escapes the prostate it can become fatal.
4 :
Yes, prostate cancer comes from a tumor. However, it's not a large single mass. Rather, the tumor is multifocal. On average, there are seven foci. You can consider each focal point a tumor, if you like. Dr. Walsh, arguably the leading urologist in the world (the pioneer of prostate surgery as we know it today) suggests that we think of the prostate as a strawberry with seven little black spots. Those are the tumors. Walsh says the tumors appear in several spots because the prostate undergoes a "field change" in which the entire prostate is transformed. "Multiple tumors pop up like dandelions, all at about the time. Each spot can be millimeters in size." I've never heard of a non-cancerous prostate tumor. But I'm not a doctor, and the person to ask is a urologist. There are common non-cancerous conditions of the prostate that cause problems, though, like inflammation or benign enlargement. And there can be areas of calcification.

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