Health hotline: Prostate cancer Q&A
This month, the Deseret News/Intermountain Hotline introduces an online component. Besides calling in to ask questions about prostate cancer of Dr. Jay Bishoff and Dr. Scott Chidester, urologists at the Intermountain Urological Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, readers also submitted questions by e-mail. Here, Chidester tackles the most common questions asked.
Most of the e-mails centered around two complications related to prostate cancer treatment, erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence. Some of the questions are presented here, edited to remove personal, potentially identifiable information.
The hotline, now in its 13th year, tackles a different health topic the second Saturday of each month. Readers can phone in questions directly to the specialists during hotline hours.
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Question:
Does “leaking” of urine during the night indicate any possibility of an enlarged prostate and/or prostate cancer?
Answer:
Leaking urine at night is not generally a symptom of prostate cancer, unless it indicates that the person is not emptying his bladder. Most of the time, prostate cancer causes no symptoms until it has spread. It is important for anyone who is having symptoms to see a doctor and get checked with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test and a rectal exam.
Source : deseretnews.com
