{"id":24303,"date":"2022-12-28T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=24303"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:57:03","slug":"make-prostate-care-a-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/make-prostate-care-a-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Prostate Care a Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Make Prostate Care a Priority<\/h1>\t\t<time>December 28, 2022<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_a4e54e76290c306d8d8f7bda5006a605\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve been getting up more often at night to go to the<br>bathroom, don\u2019t just write it off as a part of aging. Prostate<br>cancer can affect your continence function and is a common<br>disease, affecting 1 in 8 men in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEarly detection is critical, so pay attention to symptoms<br>like burning or pain while urinating, trouble starting or<br>stopping urinating, a frequent urge to urinate at night or a<br>loss of bladder control,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/patients-visitors\/find-a-doctor\/long-layron-1649382417\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Layron Long, MD<\/a>, a urologist at<br><a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/find-a-location\/samaritan-urology-corvallis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samaritan Urology \u2013 Corvallis.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These symptoms are also common among those who have an<br>enlarged prostate, so don\u2019t automatically assume it\u2019s cancer<br>if you are having pain or complications with urination. Your<br>best bet is to go in for an exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-advanced-treatments-available\">Advanced treatments available<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are over the age of 65, are Black or have a family<br>history of prostate cancer, you may be at a higher risk, so<br>talk to your primary care provider even if you aren\u2019t noticing<br>any symptoms. Since prostate cancer can develop without<br>symptoms, you may need to be screened using a physical<br>exam or a blood test. Depending on the results of these<br>tests you may be referred to a urologist for a biopsy to<br>confirm diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe use highly targeted tools for detecting and treating<br>prostate cancer, like MRI or ultrasound\u2011guided biopsy,<br>which uses real\u2011time imaging to identify a possible tumor<br>and take an accurate sample,\u201d said Dr. Long. \u201cIf surgery is<br>needed, our team offers minimally invasive robotic<br>surgery to preserve healthy tissue and minimize<br>side effects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some patients are good candidates for<br>a form of radiation therapy called<br>prostate brachytherapy. This<br>treatment uses a tiny device the<br>size of a grain of rice placed at the<br>tumor site to dispense radiation.<br>Since this restricts radiation<br>to a small area, brachytherapy<br>can treat cancer while limiting<br>damage to healthy cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recovery-outlook-is-positive\">Recovery outlook is positive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Long reports that prostate<br>cancer responds well to<br>treatment, with a 90% to 95%<br>cure rate if detected early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t ignore prostate problems,\u201d<br>he said. \u201cWe use the most<br>cutting\u2011edge technologies, but the best<br>care works even better if we can find the<br>cancer when it\u2019s small.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hear from Rik Savering, prostate cancer survivor,<br>about how his fear prolonged getting care and his<br>hindsight advice for others, at <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/about-samaritan\/together\/patient-story-building-confidence-together-samaritan-health-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">samhealth.org\/RikS<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Older-male-on-imaging-table-001-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Older-male-on-imaging-table-001-CO.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Older-male-on-imaging-table-001-CO-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Older-male-on-imaging-table-001-CO-120x100.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prostate cancer can affect your continence function and is a common  disease, affecting 1 in 8 men in the U.S. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":14688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[282],"news-types":[270],"services":[266],"specialty":[61],"class_list":["post-24303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-mens-health","news-types-feature-article","services-urology","specialty-urology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24303"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=24303"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=24303"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=24303"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=24303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}