European Prostate Day on 15/9/2005


Rotary Club of Heraclion organized in Atlantis Hotel on Thursday 15-9-2005 a European Prostate Day, a speech by well known urology doctor Mr Fragiskos Sofras, manager of the urology clinic of PAGNH, concerning prostate diseases. The aim of the speech was to sensitize men as well as their spouses to the prevention of prostate diseases and mainly of cancer.

Prostate is a gland that has an important role to men's ejaculation and fertility. It is prone to three main types of diseases: a) prostatitis, an inflammation that is cured with antibiotics and concerns sexually actives adolescents and young men, b) adenoma or hypertrophy, a benign disease frequent after 45-50 that hits over 50% of men after the age of 70 and is confronted with medicine or surgery and does not lead to cancer and c) prostate cancer, second death cause of men after lung cancer, with 95% of cases striking between 57 and 88 years old. It is frequent but relatively slow. Danger factors are age (over 60 years), geographical origin (more frequent at North America and North Europe), great consumption of fat and red meat and inheritance (2 to 3 times greater danger).

The speech panel which consists of spokesman mr. Sofras, president mr. Ioannis Ierapetritis and Club secretary Ioannis Amargianitakis.	Screenshots from the audience.

Prostate cancer is traced by the classic rectum examination with fingers and by the measurement of a special prostate antigen known as PSA. Its treatment includes total removal, high energy roentgenotherapy, hormone therapy and chemotherapy, depending on the case.

The main point highlighted by mr. Sofras is the timely prevention that is accomplished with the yearly visit of all men above the age of 50 to urologist for clinical examination and PSA measurement.

Flag exchange with rotarians Robert Wells & Jeff Robinson from Livingston, Scotland	Flag exchange with rotarian Lefteris Tsakiridis from Rotary Club of Kavala

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