On average, a man dies every day from prostate cancer in the country. According to data from the National Tumor Registry, more than 1,800 cases are diagnosed each year and the high mortality rate is due to late detection of the tumor.
In the month of the fight against prostate cancer, specialists call on men over 40 years old, so that every year they go to a health center for their respective review and maintain healthy lifestyles.
Prostate cancer is a very dangerous disease because it does not cause any symptoms at an early stage , but when the tumor begins to grow, urinary diseases such as urine retention, decreased urinary stream appear, the patient can urinate blood and in more advanced cases it causes pain in the pelvis.
According to the oncologist Rolando Loría, from the 21st Century Radiotherapy Center,
from the age of 50 all men should have both tests that detect this cancer, the rectal and blood touch (prostate antigen). If there is a history of prostate cancer in the family, it is advisable to examine yourself after 40.”
2017 data from the Strengthening of the Comprehensive Care of Cancer Fund of Costa Rican Social Security (CCSS), indicate that the incidence of prostate cancer in the country between 2000 and 2015 decreased by 6%, only surpassed by skin cancer.
The most common types of cancer in Costa Rican men are skin, prostate, stomach, colon and lung. Approximately 1,276,106 men around the world are diagnosed annually with prostate cancer, according to the World Health Organization.