This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu on prostate cancer and the church's role in fighting the disease in Ghana. It discusses the anatomy and function of the prostate gland, risk factors for prostate cancer like aging and family history, symptoms of prostate cancer, screening and treatment options, prevention strategies like diet and exercise, and statistics on prostate cancer in Ghana. It also introduces Dr. Obu and his work founding the Men's Health Foundation of Ghana to increase awareness and screening for prostate cancer.

1. THE CHURCH & PROSTATE
CANCER FIGHT IN GHANA.
RAPHAEL NYARKOTEY OBU: ND, MSc, PhD Candidate in
Prostate Cancer-IBAM, India. President of Men’s Health
Foundation Ghana. Presentation at Star of the sea catholic
church on 06-09-2015

2. THE PROSTATE GLAND
 I call the prostate gland the powerhouse of
every man.
 It is pronounce prostate and not prostrate!
 It is located below a man’s urinary bladder
 It goes through about four stages in life
 It is approximately the size of a golf ball
 It plays a significance role in a man’s life

3. Knowing your Prostate

4. The Prostate and the Breast
 Just as a healthy breast is also good for
men. A healthy prostate is also good for
women, because the nerves that help men
get erections surrounds the prostate so if
the nerves get damage the man is in
doom, no sex life and also affects the
woman.
 Satanic forces can affect the prostate
gland

5. Types of Satanic forces that
affect the Prostate Gland
 There are about three satanic forces that
can torment the prostate gland.
 The cells in the prostate can increase that
can lead to enlarged prostate-BPH
 It can also be infected –Prostatitis
 Demons like cancer can affect it

6. The Demon call prostate cancer
 The demon-Prostate cancer is abnormal growth
of cells in the prostate gland. The cells don’t
know how to obey the body system but rather do
what ever they want with the body
 They can spread fast or slow
 The church in Ghana can play an important role
in the fight against the disease by increasing
awareness and organizing yearly programs to
the men to fight against this demon
 Faith and information makes the church whole

7. Causes of Prostate Cancer?
 It is a spectrum of diseases and not a
single entity but we know of some risk
factors such as:
 Aging?
 Family History (5 -10%)
 Race-just being a black man-Biochemical
difference-low level of Vitamin D

8. Breast & Prostate Cancer are
parallel Disease
 Family History of breast cancer put a
man at risk of prostate cancer
 The genes are similar(BRCA1&2)
 Other family history of cancers also put
you at risk

9. Statistics
 1 in 5 Ghanaian men will get
prostate cancer in their
lifetime(MHFG 2015)
 1 in 4 Black men will get it in
their lifetime(Prostate Cancer UK
2014)
 1,000 diagnosed with prostate
cancer yearly and 800 die from
their disease(GNA 2012)
 Ghana has exceeded global
prostate limits as the country
records 200 cases out of every
100,000 men as against 170
world-wide(GNA 2007)

10. Prostate Cancer Disparities
 Prostate cancer is a central issue to men's health, with
unacceptably high mortality in black men
 Breast cancer strikes 1 in 10 black women yet they have
a mammogram to save lives.
 Prostate cancer strikes 1 in 4 black men yet no
screening test, so where is our manogram to save our
lives?
 Prostate cancer is more common than breast cancer.

11. Cont’
 Early detection 100% survival in 5yrs , late
diagnosis 28% survival in 5years.
 Survival rate also depends on where men
leave
 Prostate cancer kills a man every 18
minutes
 Prostate cancer discriminates 250%
deadly in black men and likely to die when
diagnosed.

12. Cont’
 It’s about men! It’s about prostate cancer . we
need accurate diagnostic tool like the
mammogram
 Let us raise little David high enough to challenge
Golliath, challenge the System and challenge
the status quo-The PSA Test!
 The cure for cancer is not a luxury, it is a human
need . No man should use this need to profit for
their personal gains. Something is wrong when
we let people die for money

13. Warning signs of prostate
cancer
 47% of men with prostate cancer present with no
warning signs
 Typical signals:
 Frequency of urination day time
 Waking up in the night to pee
 Straining yourself to pee
 There is urgency to go pee
 Unable to pee all out
 Loss of libido
 Erectile difficulties-sleeping on duty
 Blood in urine
 Spinal compression
 Wait pains

14. Screening: To do or not to?
 There is no test for prostate cancer. The
PSA is not tumor specific ! It is organ
specific. The Prostate gland produces the
PSA for several beneficial purposes and
not necessary as a response to cancer
 The PSA is only a test to know your risk of
prostate diseases.

15. Men’s Health Foundation
Ghana screening Policy
 For men to know their risk of prostate diseases
we do:
 Ultrasound
 Request PSA
 IPSS to access your Prostate Health
 Request blood vitamin D level
 Screening is an informed decision and is for
men 40yrs and above and 35yrs for men with
family history of disease.

16. Treatment
Treatment depends on the stage of your
cancer and not all men needs treatment
Radiotherapy
Surgery
Hormonal Therapy
Monitoring –Watch & Wait, Active Surveillance
chemotherapy

17. Alternative Treatments
 There are also alternative treatments but
know the background of your practitioner
first.
 Seek for evidence based alternative
approach
 It can also be combined-Integrative
medicine-my approach!

18. Preventive Measures
 For every disease there is a country
where it does not exit.
 The Okinawan’s , Hunzas, New Guinea
and pertains to men in the Asia territories.
 So prostate cancer be reversed
 Exercise, eat more tomatoes or
watermelon juice.
 Drink lot of Green Tea or Hibiscus tea

20. Chemical
 Alcohol
 Asbestos
 Wood dust
 Rubber, plastics, dyes
 Tar / bitumen
 Aflatoxin
 Alkylating agents
 Tobacco

21. Smoking
 Single biggest cause
of cancer
 25-40% smokers die
in middle age
 9 in 10 lung cancers
 Know to cause cancer
in 1950

22. Smoking and alcohol

23. Industrial pollution

24. Physical causes
 Ultraviolet radiation
Certain industrial sources
Radiation
Radon
Cancer treatment

25. Obesity Lifestyle:
- Highly caloric diet, rich in
fat, refined carbohydrates
and animal protein
- Low physical activity
Consequences:
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular
disease
- Hypertension

26. Men’s Health Foundation
Ghana: Who We Are
We are men united fighting Prostate
Cancer, Our Manhood at a time.
We stand for the end of disease, the end of
suffering.
We fit in this world as men, of all kinds,
shapes and sizes.

27. Cont
 We share one important value.
 In this noisy world, we want you to hear
the truth.
 We want to be clear what being diagnosed
with cancer is about.
 We honor great patients…that’s who we
are…thats what we are about.

28.  We honor ourselves and those who love
us, those who take care of us, those who
only know us from these
 Our core value is that we believe truth
comes from experience.
 We believe that people want to end
cancer, and help us fight Prostate Cancer.

29. Cont’
 We honor those people…people who are
living and those who are dead.
 Those who use their brains and resources
to end cancer.
 So I can live better.
 So I can keep enjoying life.
 All of us, keep enjoying life.

30. Cont’
 We are pushing for father’s day as a national
prostate cancer day in Ghana to enable
awareness
 May every one be happy!
 May there never be a disharmony in anywhere in
the prostate
 May our prostate be healthy
 May we leave long like the Okinawan’s and the
Hunza’s without prostate diseases!

31. Our Team

33. About Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu

34. cont’
 Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu is a registered alternative medicine practitioner
 Specializes in Prostate Cancer
 Study the Master’s program in Prostate Cancer-Sheffield Hallam University, UK
 Recognized as one of the most successful student in prostate cancer by alumni
connects office of Sheffield Hallam university
 PhD candidate in prostate cancer at IBAM Academy, India
 Research interest on black men and prostate cancer and alternative medicine
 Columnist for the Newstatesman, Weekend Finder, Weekend Sun, Today Newspaper
on prostate world and ModernGhana
 Authored 10 books on prostate health and published close to 200 articles on prostate
cancer in both journal and newspapers
 Founder of Men’s Health Foundation Ghana; De Men’s Clinic & Prostate Research
Lab at Dodowa-Akoto House.
 My prostate cancer journey started as result of a prophesy I had at Holy Ghost
Temple-ICGC Frafraha by Prophet Christopher Yaw Annor on 01-03-2011

35. There is a God & Prophesy still exist.
We can
Win this!