What are the typical symptoms of prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer is also a common malignant tumor in clinical practice. This type of malignant tumor is more likely to occur in men. The early symptoms of prostate cancer are also not easy to detect, so regular physical examinations are very important. Because prostate cancer has a greater impact on the male prostate, it is still necessary to consider the symptoms during treatment. So what are the typical symptoms of prostate cancer?

1. Obstructive symptoms: If the prostate cancer progressively enlarges locally and compresses the surrounding prostatic urethra, the symptoms of prostate cancer may include urination disorders, which are manifested as progressive dysuria, frequent urination, urgency, pain, and a sense of incomplete urination. In severe cases, urine dripping and urine retention may occur. These symptoms are similar to those of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which are easy to misdiagnose and miss, delaying the early diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

2. Local infiltrative symptoms: When prostate cancer metastasizes to the bone, it can cause bone pain at the metastatic site, which is also a common symptom of prostate cancer. Common sites of bone metastasis include the spine, hip, ribs, and scapula. About 60% of advanced patients experience bone pain, which is common in the waist, sacrum, buttocks, hip and pelvis. Bone pain has different manifestations. Some patients may experience persistent pain, while some patients experience intermittent pain. Bone pain can be limited to a specific part of the body, or it can manifest as migratory pain in different parts of the body; bone pain may change at different times of the day, and the response to rest and activity is also different.

3. In the early stage of prostate cancer, most prostate cancer patients have no obvious symptoms due to the localization of the tumor. It is often found accidentally during physical examinations, and can also be found in surgical specimens of benign prostatic hyperplasia. However, for advanced prostate cancer, symptoms of prostate cancer may include fatigue, weight loss, and body pain. Because the pain seriously affects diet, sleep, and spirit, after long-term torture, the whole body condition gradually weakens, weight loss, fatigue, progressive anemia, and eventually systemic failure and cachexia.