Dr. David Samadi Warns Men About The Top Five Deadliest Cancers

Statistics gathered between 2008 and 2012 showed that men had a higher rate of mortality than women after they were diagnosed with cancer. Their death rate was 207.9 out of every 100,000 diagnoses, and women had a death rate of 145.4 out of every 100,000 diagnoses.

According to experts, about 40 percent of people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in life. Since men have a higher tendency to die from cancer, it is important for them to know which types of cancer are more common among their gender. In addition to being aware, men should not neglect routine doctor visits or available screening options.

Dr. David Samadi frequently emphasizes the importance of preventative care for men. He became a doctor in 1994 after graduating from the Stony Brook School of Medicine in New York. With a full scholarship, Dr. Samadi also earned an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Stony Brook University. As a teenager who left Iran after the Iranian Revolution, David Samadi remained committed to excellence in his studies.

After medical school, he held several positions before he led the urology department at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. He was also the chief of robotic surgery. Dr. David Samadi developed his own minimally invasive robotic surgery procedure for men with prostate cancer. He performed the surgery over 6,000 times. Although he is committed to furthering treatment research, Dr. David Samadi wants to encourage men to learn more about the five deadliest cancers affecting them.

Lung Cancer

As the most prevalent type of deadly cancer, lung cancer accounts for more fatalities than the combined total of the next three deadliest cancers among men. For 2018, the American Cancer Society predicted that more than 83,000 men would die from lung cancer. The organization predicted that there would be more than 121,000 diagnoses among men for the same year. Some of the first symptoms of lung cancer include:

• Persistent cough
• Bloody sputum
• Shortness of breath
• Hoarseness

The five-year survival rate for lung cancer is about 17 percent. There is a screening test available, and it may reduce the lung cancer death rate by 20 percent. Dr. Samadi recommends the test for any man who is over the age of 55 and has a history of smoking at least 30 packs per year at some point in life. Also, he encourages men to buy a radon exposure test kit at a hardware store to find out if they are exposed to it in their daily lives. Although smoking is the top risk factor for developing lung cancer, radon exposure is a close second.

Prostate Cancer

The American Cancer Society predicted that more than 164,000 men would be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, and the organization predicted more than 29,000 deaths from it. While more men are diagnosed with cancer of the prostate than cancer of the lungs, the survival rate for prostate cancer is much higher. Dr. Samadi’s surgical technique for treating prostate cancer has a 90 percent success rate for a cancer-free report following the procedure. For prostate cancer, the five-year survival rate is about 99 percent. Dr. Samadi recommends that all men over the age of 40 have an annual rectal exam and a PSA blood test to screen for prostate cancer. These are some of the symptoms of this type of cancer:

• Frequent urge to urinate
• Increased urination at night
• Bloody urine or semen
• Urinary hesitancy
• Bone pain

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— Dr. David Samadi (@drdavidsamadi) February 22, 2016

Colorectal Cancer

For the past several decades, the male death rate associated with this type of cancer has been decreasing. The drop is due to the availability of screening procedures that catch it in the early stages. Early detection makes it much easier to treat. Also, treatments for more advanced stages of the cancer have improved over the years. The American Cancer Society predicted about 97,000 diagnoses of this cancer among men in 2018 with about 43,000 of those cases ending in death. While Dr. Samadi usually recommends that men over the age of 50 receive regular colon cancer screenings, he encourages anyone with a family history of colon cancer to be screened as soon as possible. Although the following symptoms are often associated with other bowel diseases, they can be symptoms of colorectal cancer:

• Bloody stools
• Changes in bowel habits
• Lower abdominal pain
• Thin stools

READ: A Groundbreaking Discovery for Colon Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

In comparison with prostate cancer, the incidence of pancreatic cancer is low. For men, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer in its earliest stage is 14 percent. The survival rate for late-stage pancreatic cancer is about one percent. Unfortunately, most people are not diagnosed until the cancer reaches the latest stage. With no standard screening available to the general population, detection is difficult. Also, the cancer does not usually produce symptoms until it reaches later stages. Men who have a family history of pancreatic cancer may have a higher risk of developing it. While there is no official screening available, men with a family history of this cancer can request imaging tests and blood tests for tumor markers. These are some symptoms associated with pancreatic cancer:

• Itching
• Jaundice
• Unexplained weight loss
• Unexplained diabetes diagnosis
• Abdominal pain
• Loss of appetite

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— Dr. David Samadi (@drdavidsamadi) February 7, 2018

Liver Cancer

Liver cancer is cancer that originates in the liver. With many types of cancer, tumors develop in the liver after the cells from the original location metastasize. However, metastatic cancers are classified based on their original location regardless of which organs develop metastases. Hepatitis infections, excessive alcohol consumption, aflatoxin exposure, hemochromatosis and a family history of liver cancer are risk factors. Screening tests are only available to people with certain risk factors. These are some possible symptoms of liver cancer:

• Loss of appetite
• Jaundice
• Abdominal pain

Dr. David Samadi encourages men to take advantage of screening tests that are available to the public or available only to them based on qualifying risk factors. Statistics show that many men put off going to the doctor when they develop symptoms of an illness. Since some symptoms can be associated with these deadly cancers, Dr. Samadi encourages every man to take charge of his own preventative care.

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