[Music] with Fathers Day here to remind us just how much we care about our dads we thought we'd take a look at an issue related to men prostate cancer is the second largest cause of cancer deaths in Men in both America and the UK the prostate is part of the male reproductive system and responsible for making seminal fluid which turns out to be partly responsible for you guessed it creating you and everyone else but with time and age the cells in the prostate like any other cells can pick up defects which lead to cancer now
your body everything in it including the prostate is made up of cells normal behaving cells go through the cell cycle in which they grow and divide into duplicate cells through a process known as mitosis but instead of just duplicating uncontrollably there are numerous measures along the way to make sure these cells are healthy functioning normally and replicating at a controlled rate for example cells not only receive growth signals they actually receive antigrowth signals to tell them when to stop growing altogether on top of this cells actually have a limited replication ative capacity meaning the more
they replicate the less chance they have to do it again finally cells are generally localized to an area in the body and require angiogenesis or blood vessel creation to sustain their life and bring them nutrients move the cell away from this and it can't survive any cells that aren't following these rules or that are old and worn out are often removed by a process known as apoptosis apoptosis is the controll destruction or breakdown of cells by the body but every now and then a mut or error may occur which changes the cell's properties for example
it may pick up the ability to ignore anti-growth signals in one generation and later down the line one of these cells May mutate to be able to evade apoptosis these mutations are random and happen by chance but it's the combination of a few of them that in the end leads to fast growing uncontrollably duplicating immortalized masses of cells also known as cancer which explains why the older you are the more likely you are to get prostate cancer because your cells have had many more chances to pick up multiple mutations through many generations of cells this
is one of the reasons that about 80% of men will get prate cancer by the time they're 80 so is there anything we can do about it in some ways yes if we look at Asia we see some of the lowest prostate cancer numbers across the globe so we might think it's genetic and many studies support this but interestingly Asian men who have moved to America show a higher incidence of prostate cancer than those in Asia in proportion to how long they've been in America on top of this American born babies of Asian descent have
nearly the same incidence of prostate cancer as Caucasian babies born in America this clearly illustrates that some of the contributing factors must be diet and lifestyle based as it turns out some Studies have shown foods like soy tomatoes and fish may be partly responsible for this decrease though there is still much debate these Foods as well as a few chemicals and medications all have properties which may Aid in normal cell regulation or prevent cell damage and mutation on the other hand fatty foods have been noted as potential culprits towards many cancers at the end of
the day even though there Still Remains uncertainty surrounding prostate cancer and how to prevent or treat it education and understanding are of Great Value so instead of giving your dad a card this Father's Day grab a tomato in one hand some soy in the other and give them the greatest gift in life knowledge because the more we encourage each other to learn and live a healthy and active life the better off we'll be and the more we think about how our conscious choices affect our lives now and later the greater our quality of life can
become H Happy Father's [Music] Day
