The nine “departments” of the human body (motor, digestive, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, endocrine, immune, nervous, and circulatory) have been working together for decades since we were born, supporting each other.
However, recently there have been reports that some of the reproductive system’s “sons and daughters” are not benevolent, especially the prostate, which has been found to be cancerous and “lazy, greedy and stubborn”.
The prostate, which is an accessory gland in the reproductive system, is in charge of a “mysterious land”, which is immediately below the bladder, like an upside down chestnut.
If you compare the urethra to a “rubber tube,” the prostate is like a fist at the top of the “rubber tube” that controls urination.
Today we will talk about how this official called “prostate” became corrupt and degenerated.
I. The word “lazy” is in the forefront
As we all know, many cancers must be treated as soon as they are detected, otherwise the tumor will only grow bigger and bigger, ultimately endangering the patient’s life. The most important thing is that it is the only one that has a “non-clinical” form, which means that a portion of the prostate cancer may remain unchanged for a long period of time and “coexist” with the body without causing any health risks. This is called latent prostate cancer.
In reality, the incidence of latent prostate cancer is even higher than that of “clinical” prostate cancer, which can be life-threatening. Studies have shown that cancer cells can be found in the prostate gland in nearly 70% of men over the age of 80. If all of these patients were treated aggressively, it would be a waste of medical resources and subject patients to unnecessary financial burdens and physical damage.
Then, it is difficult for patients themselves to distinguish whether prostate cancer poses a health risk. In clinical work, doctors often give patients a reasonable treatment recommendation based on a combination of factors such as the patient’s life expectancy, the volume of the tumor, and the degree of differentiation of the cancer cells.
It is because of the “laziness” of prostate cancer that the majority of male patients linger in the asymptomatic comfort zone, missing the best time for early and timely diagnosis.
However, because of its laziness, the disease does not progress for a long time, and some patients do not need treatment even if they are found to have prostate cancer, they just need to watch and wait and be monitored regularly, and they live to be 99.
You know, as a “lazy cancer”, even doctors and patients have to wait years to know when you’re going to come out and do something bad.
When you’re a cancer patient, you have to wait years for doctors and patients to know when you’re going to come out of the woodwork.
II. Hormone cravings
Prostate cancer is like a gluttonous but paranoid child who doesn’t eat this or that and is very picky about what he eats.
For most of the time that prostate cancer is developing, this tumor loves to “eat” only one thing, and that is androgens.
How easy is it to deal with the “craving”?
The only thing that the tumor likes to eat is androgens.
Yes, this is the legendary endocrine therapy, and it works quite well in clinical practice.
This is what makes prostate cancer one of the only malignant tumors that “may have a satisfactory outcome even at advanced stages.
In 1966, an American scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his discovery that androgen blockade was an excellent treatment for advanced prostate cancer. This treatment continues to play an important role in the clinic today, improving overall the long-term survival of patients with prostate cancer.
To target this gluttonous tumor of prostate cancer, doctors have also found a variety of ways to reduce androgen levels in the body and/or block androgen receptors, such as surgical debulking by removing the testicles and pharmacological debulking by luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogs.
But it’s rare to have a cancer as “gluttonous” as yours, and even the endocrine drugs themselves don’t believe that they’ve cured you of it.
I think it’s a good idea to have a good idea of what you’re doing.
III. Stubbornness
Naughty means not naughty, but stubborn.
While prostate cancer is highly androgen-dependent, when hormone therapy is administered, some of the cancer cells will gradually adapt to the new environment as the “food” (androgens) that the tumor cells love to eat (androgens) are gone, slowly transforming into non-androgen-dependent growth. The tumor can grow without relying on androgens.
However, once prostate cancer reaches this stage, it is difficult to control its growth with current medical technology, and it is called hormone-independent prostate cancer, or “destructive-resistant prostate cancer. The actual fact that there is no good clinical treatment for this is a major difficulty in the treatment of prostate cancer.
If a patient finds prostate cancer too late and it has reached the stage of non-hormone-dependent prostate cancer, it is a shame that the prostate cancer is at the mercy of the patient and even takes away his life.
You say you’re lazy, you’re greedy, but secretly you’re becoming stubborn. Do you still have a bottom line? On the basis of these points, we still decided to arrest you.
The above is true, and we hope to investigate and verify it, and to punish and save people.