In Europe alone reported more than 214 thousand cases of prostate cancer. Statistics show that this type of cancer is the third most popular among men over 60 years. Despite this, prostate cancer is curable if detected early.

There are four levels of prostate cancer ranging from T1 to T4. The medical and scientific advances have helped the vast majority of cancers detected are made while still in stage T1 and T2, suggesting treatment by radical prostatectomy, ie complete removal of the prostate. This form of healing is a great success in patients.

However, to enable the person to be a radical prostatectomy, cancer should have been caught and it is advisable, and almost demanding that men over 45 are conducted periodic prostate exams so that he can identify if there is evil.

Unfortunately, radical prostatectomy is the aftermath of erectile dysfunction in the patient. But new technologies are allowing this complication is increasingly reduced to 10 or 15 percent of the treaties.

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