Cancer symptoms: Six signs that can signal prostate cancer when you go to urinate - Express

Cancer is a condition where cells in the body grow and reproduce uncontrollably. These cancerous cells can then invade and destroy surrounding healthy tissue and organs and spread to other areas of the body. More than one in three people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime, according to the NHS, but currently there is no cure. This makes recognising the symptoms of cancer very important to significantly improve your chances of survival.

One of the most common types of cancer in the UK is prostate cancer, which just effects men.

The prostate is a gland in the male body that adds part of the fluid to semen.

Because of where the prostate is positioned in the body, many of the symptoms effect urination.

Here are six signs to watch out for when you urinate which could signal prostate cancer, according to Cancer Research UK.

Passing urine more often

Also referred to as frequent urination, prostate cancer may give you the urge to need to empty your bladder more than normal during the day.

Getting up in the night

Prostate cancer, as it grows, can put pressure on the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the penis, known as the urethra. So you may also feel the need to get up a few times in the night to empty your bladder.

Difficulty passing urine

It may be harder to empty your bladder than normal. This is called urinary hesitancy.

The cancer charity explains: “It might be difficult to start emptying your bladder or the flow might be weaker.

“You might be straining to pass urine. Or it might stop and start when you do go.”

Urgency

You may experience a sudden strong urge to empty your bladder.

It adds: “And you may need to rush to the toilet.”

Leaking urine

pressure on the urethra may also cause you to leak a little after passing urine.

Blood in urine

You may spot blood in your urine or semen. But the charity notes this is rare.

In the later stages of prostate cancer different symptoms may develop. Here are the signs of advanced prostate cancer. 

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