Groin pain

[Florida guy]

I have experienced groin pain for several months. It is a nagging pain often intensified by walking and standing. I have been checked out and supposedly it is stemming from lower back pain. The pain is definitely in the groin however and I wonder if it has to do with the prostate or testicles. Can it really just be related to the pinched nerves in my back due to a misalignment of the lower backbone? I have had an MRI and bloodtests and am supposed to bee fine. I have only taken anti inflammatory pills for the back pain, recommended as the back is not that out of alignment I am told.
I had toungue cancer and I am afraid of Cancer of the testicles or prostate or something like that. In the meantime the nagging pain in the lower groin area has continued. What do you think????

[DeeA]

Do you have a GU doctor or someone who deals with the male reproductive system? If you really want to be check for prostate problems or GU problems it might be best to seek that type of doctor out for your own piece of mind someone who specializes.  I do not know all the test you have had so at this point I am in a difficult position to give advice.  There is a very good website called the oncology channel you can read about prostate cancer and even talk to a doctor who specializes. I left the URL below. Never let fear get the best of you if your not satisfied with the answers your doctor gives you then seek out another doctor. I am not telling you to doctor hop I just want to help!


http://www.oncologychannel.com/

[DeeA]

In its earliest stages, prostate cancer often causes no symptoms. It usually is detected when a person undergoes a routine rectal examination. For this reason, it is important for men over 40 to have an annual prostate examination. Caught early in its development, the disease has a high cure rate.
Detectable symptoms of prostate cancer may begin to emerge as the disease progresses. When they do, they often resemble those of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). This can be dangerous, because noncancerous enlargement of the prostate is common in men over 40, and a man experiencing difficulty with urination at this stage in his life may ignore it as a natural sign of aging.

The longer prostate cancer is ignored, the greater chance it will metastasize (spread), first locally in the tissues around the prostate or seminal vesicles (sac-like structures attached to the prostate), then to other parts of the body, like the lymph nodes or bones.

Chances of survival decrease as the disease spreads. If confined to the prostate gland itself, the disease is usually curable. If it is locally advanced, the prognosis is not good; a substantial proportion of such patients will die within 5 years of the disease. Once cancer has spread to distant organs, life expectancy is usually less than three years.

For these reasons, men experiencing any of the symptoms of BPH should see their urologist or family physician immediately for a thorough examination. These symptoms include:

Frequent urination, especially at night
Weak or interrupted urinary flow
Inability to urinate
Pain or burning during urination
Blood in the urine or semen
Pain during ejaculation
Nagging pain or stiffness in the back, hips, upper thighs or pelvis