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	<title>Prostate Talk</title>
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	<description>Prostate Information &#38; Prostate Health</description>
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		<title>Personal prostate problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of late I had been noticing that I was having difficulty in passing urine. It took forever to pass urine. I did not realize earlier as I used to generally take the newspaper whenever I went to the toilet and was busy reading it while attending to the morning call. It was only when I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/08/personal-prostate-problems/</link>
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		<title>Prostate Cancer &#8211; Staging Prostate Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If cancer is found in the prostate, the doctor needs to know the stage of the disease and the grade of the tumor. Staging is a careful attempt to find out whether the cancer has spread and, if so, what parts of the body are affected. The grade tells how closely the tumor resembles normal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/07/prostate-cancer-staging-prostate-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Prostate Cancer &#8211; Planning Treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of specialists often treats people with cancer. The team will keep the primary doctor informed about the patient&#8217;s progress. The team may include a medical oncologist who is a specialist in cancer treatment, a surgeon, a radiation oncologist who is a specialist in radiation therapy, and others.
Before starting treatment, you may want another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/07/prostate-cancer-planning-treatment/</link>
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		<title>Prostate Cancer Symptoms and Diagnosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most cancers in their early, most treatable stages don&#8217;t cause any symptoms. Early prostate cancer usually does not cause symptoms.

However, if prostate cancer develops and is not treated, it can cause these symptoms:

a need to urinate frequently, especially at night
 difficulty starting urination or holding back urine



Possible symptoms of prostate cancer:

 inability to urinate
 weak [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/07/prostate-cancer-symptoms-and-diagnosis/</link>
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		<title>Prostate Cancer Causes and Risk Factors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists don&#8217;t know exactly what causes prostate cancer. They cannot explain why one man gets prostate cancer and another does not. However, they have been able to identify some risk factors that are associated with the disease. A risk factor is anything that increases your chances of getting a disease.
Age is the most important risk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/07/prostate-cancer-causes-and-risk-factors/</link>
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		<title>Prostate Cancer Defined</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The body is made up of many types of cells. Normally, cells grow, divide, and produce more cells as needed to keep the body healthy and functioning properly. Sometimes, however, the process goes wrong &#8212; cells become abnormal and form more cells in an uncontrolled way.
These extra cells form a mass of tissue, called a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/06/prostate-cancer-defined/</link>
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		<title>Non-cancer prostate problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some examples of non-cancer prostate problems:
Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, is when the prostate is enlarged, but not cancerous. It is very common in older men. An enlarged prostate may make it hard to urinate or cause dribbling after you urinate. You may feel the need to urinate a lot, often at night. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/06/non-cancer-prostate-problems/</link>
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		<title>The Prostate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The prostate is a gland about the size of a walnut and wraps around the tube that carries urine out of the bladder. It grows larger as you get older. If your prostate gets too large, it can cause health issues. Most prostate problems are not cancer. Having a problem with your prostate does not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/06/the-prostate/</link>
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		<title>Become Aware of Enlarged Prostate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by: Steven A Johnson
The prostate is part of a man’s sex organs. It is the size of a walnut and surrounds the urethra. As the prostate grows larger it can press on the urethra. This narrows the urethra and can cause some men with prostate enlargement to have problems urinating. Prostate enlargement is said to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/06/become-aware-of-enlarged-prostate/</link>
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		<title>How does a patient decide what the best treatment option is for localized prostate cancer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Choosing a treatment option involves the patient, his family, and one or more doctors. They will need to consider the grade and stage of the cancer, the man’s age and health, and his values and feelings about the potential benefits and harms of each treatment option. Since both surgery and radiation therapy are options for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prostate-talk.com/2009/05/how-does-a-patient-decide-what-the-best-treatment-option-is-for-localized-prostate-cancer/</link>
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