Al Borg Medical Laboratories has announced special offers on laboratory testing programs to detect prostate cancer.
Al Borg Laboratories Medical Director Dr. Hisham Maher, explained: “Many prostate cancer patients (30 percent) do not show symptoms or signs and their disease is only detected in advanced cases, where the tumor has grown or moved to other organs in the body. There are other patients, who show symptoms and signs such as the presence of blood in the urine or semen, the need to urinate, especially at night, pain during urination, weakness in the urine stream, and constant pain in the lower back and upper thighs. These signs may be mixed and become similar with the same symptoms complained by the patient suffering from chronic prostatitis or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).”
He added that early detection of the disease is the most important factor for its treatment and hence a globally recognized annual program is developed to conduct regular detection and examination on men for the purpose of early detection of prostate cancer. This program is represented in regular rectal examination.
Dr. Maher noted the importance of lab tests, which consist of a blood test to measure the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for those who are above 50 years of age as recommended by the American Urology Association or those complaining about symptoms of urinary retention and those who decide to undertake the tests to detect prostate cancer.
“It is best to run the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test if you have some symptoms that may indicate the presence of infection, benign hyperplasia or cancer in the prostate gland such as difficulty in urination, pain when urinating, frequent urination, presence of blood in the urine, speed or pain of ejaculation, pain in the back and hips, or lower abdomen,” he added.

  Source: Arab News