Patient's question:
For the past year, I have been experiencing symptoms of urinary difficulties, accompanied by frequent urination, urgency, dysuria, and a feeling of incomplete urination. At times, it becomes difficult to urinate, and I often have to get up multiple times during the night, which severely affects my daily life. Later, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the hospital. What are the common symptoms of prostate cancer?Doctor's answer:
In prostate cancer patients, metastasis is very common. Approximately 1/3 to 2/3 of patients already have lymph node metastasis at the time of initial diagnosis, often recurring in areas such as the internal iliac, external iliac, lumbar region, and groin, with no obvious symptoms at this stage. Later, it can lead to lymph node enlargement in additional areas and swelling in the lower limbs. Hematogenous spread is more common in bones and internal organs. There are also cases where prostate cancer is discovered only when bone metastasis causes nerve dysfunction or pathological fractures. For prostate cancer patients, timely treatment can reduce the progression of the disease. If left untreated, it will affect overall health.