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Prostate Cancer Online Health Community and Support Group

Under Sexual and Reproductive Health, Men's Health, Cancers

Welcome to the Healia Health Community for Prostate Cancer. Through this Prostate Cancer support group, you can get Prostate Cancer information, share experiences about Prostate Cancer, connect with peers, and get answers to your Prostate Cancer questions from health professionals.

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Prostate cancer affects the prostate gland, which makes semen, the fluid that contains sperm.

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How does the new vaccine for prostate cancer work?

Submitted by Anonymous, 31 weeks 3 days ago.
Saw on the news today that there is a new vaccine for prostate cancer that uses the person's own immune cells to mount an attack against prostate cancer cells. Can someone explain in layman's terms exactly how the vaccine works?   [more] 
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I am having urges to urinate but always cant.

Submitted by Sqwirl, 1 year 20 weeks ago.
I'm only 27 and sometimes I feel like I cant completely urinate. [more] 
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WHAT ARE THE GELATINOUS BEADS IN MY SEMEN, IS IT PROSTATE CANCER?

Submitted by ERNEST DELEON, 1 year 20 weeks ago.
DURING EJACULATION I FEEL A SMALL PAIN, AND WHEN I LOOK AT MY SEMEN THERE ARE SMALL GELATINOUS BEADS IN IT. THEY VARY IN SHAPE, MOSTLY ROUND AND THEY ARE YELLOW. [more] 

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Is prostate cancer an item that cn be inherited?

Submitted by jrrawls, 1 year 20 weeks ago.
One of my uncles died from prostate cancer, a second uncle currently has prostate cancer and my father has had prostate cancer. Is there a possibility that I could also have prostate cancer at some in my life? Is there anything I can do besides my annual PSA test to… [more] 
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Is a PSA of 1.8, post radical prostatectomy, necessarily an indicator of mastesis?

Submitted by runbobpun, 1 year 20 weeks ago.
I am 61 years of age. surgery to treat prostate cancer 11 yrs. ago. PSA has been fluctuating despite hormone treatment (appr. within the past year). I am asymptomatic. Had a PET scan 8 mos. ago, which was negative. Bonescan also negative. Family Doc referred me (currently) to an oncologist.… [more] 
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why would my sons right testicle be swollen.

Submitted by agnes, 1 year 27 weeks ago.
my sons right testicle is swollen. It is about twice the size of his left one. [more] 
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