KUWAIT: Fourteen out of every 100,000 Kuwaiti men have prostate cancer, the Cancer Awareness Nation (CAN) said yesterday. Meanwhile, 52 out of every 100,000 expatriates have been diagnosed with the disease, CAN Chairman Dr Khaled Al-Saleh said in a statement yesterday as part of a campaign against the disease. More than two cases are registered per week, added Dr Saleh. Prostate cancer is largely linked to old age.

Men aged above 50 are advised to undergo the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test once per year. Dr Saleh has explained that the disease can be hereditary and some studies suggest that high intakes of sodium may also result in developing the disease.

He advised men of the potentials to develop the disease to get the PSA testing which is provided by the Ministry of Health at the country's medical centers and clinics. The disease makes urination difficult, stimulates recurrent feeling of urination or result in emitting blood. The doctors also advises to keep body weight within reason, abstain from smoking and exercise regularly. - KUNA