So that changes can be recognized at an early stage, early detection is important. From the age of 45, the costs of cancer will be covered by the statutory health insurance companies. The examination runs as follows: After the first conversation, the physical examination follows. The doctor grabs the abdomen, strips, penis and testicles to determine possible changes. The urologist carefully inserts his index finger into the rectum for the rectal tactile examination in order to feel the prostate. After about 30 seconds, however, the procedure perceived by many men is survived.
As the German Society for Urology (DGU) reports, 17 out of 100 men over 50 years develop prostate cancer. Three of them die of it. Since the carcinoma usually grows slowly and only forms metastases (daughter tumors) late, the chances are good that the cancer will be recognized in the course of the early detection examinations before it becomes life -threatening. Many tumors can even be observed for many years without an operational intervention being really necessary. However, if prostate cancer is not discovered early and regularly examined, the chances of recovery deteriorate. Once he has scattered, he is no longer curable.
