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Prostate cancer is one of the commonest cancers affecting men of advancing age. Therefore, it is crucial to know the factors that can diagnose prostate cancer much in advance so that early treatment can be given and patient can be saved. The early signs include hesitancy or difficulty while urinating. Also there might be painful urination or split flow of urine in many cases.

Most of the times, patients experience some or the other problem pertaining to their urination. Some of them experience more frequency of urination than earlier. Apart from diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer can lead to frequent nightly waking up for voiding urine. Annual digital rectal examination has to be performed to detect any lumps in the prostate gland.

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) test needs to be done too to detect cancer at earlier stage. These screening tests play a great role in ensuring your health in long run even after detection of prostate cancer. Also it is important to remember that men of Afro-American origin have higher chances of developing prostate cancer. Also people with positive family history of prostate cancer should evaluate themselves of early precursors of cancer so that the prognosis of the cancer will be good!