Prostate cancer screening

to making a health decision. These variables can all become a barrier in nursing interventions and teachings. Therefore, cultural considerations are important when giving nursing care. Encouraging some Filipinos to take a simple screening test can be challenging. Screening tests are for those individuals who appear healthy but at a higher risk for acquiring the disease. Its purpose is to reverse, halt or slow down the disease process by detecting it as early as possible. Rather than going to the

In breast cancer, the estrogen-estrogen receptor complex cause cell proliferation (Frank, 2013). Hormone therapies can target the effects of hormones in two ways: 1) by stopping the production of estrogen and testosterone, reducing their levels, and 2) by binding to the hormone receptor and blocking the hormone from binding (Frank, 2013). In breast cancer, drugs such as Lupron “prevent the ovaries from making estrogen by blocking cues from the brain that regulate the ovaries” (Frank, 2013). In prostate

The most common genitourinary cancers include, renal cell carcinoma of the kidney, transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, and adenocarcinoma of the prostate. 1- Renal cell carcinoma, is the most common cancer of the kidney, accounts for approximately 90% of all renal malignancies. About 65,000 cases of renal cell carcinoma are diagnosed each year in the U.S. Despite advances in diagnosis, especially improved imaging techniques and the incidental diagnosis of many tumors with imaging tests for

According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, African American men are a staggering 1.6 times more likely to develop prostate cancer than Caucasian men and and overwhelming 2.4 times more likely to die from prostate cancer compared to caucasian men. As odd as it might sound, African American men living in the United States have the highest risk factor in the world for prostate cancer. African American men living in the United States are a whopping 60 times more likely to develop prostate cancer than men living

be really difficult and no one wants any sickness or diagnosed with such a disease like cancer. Prostate Cancer is a known cancer that happen to men only and a lot of men in the U.S had it. The part that happens to male’s reproductive system and it is a gland found in the most private area of a men. Moreover, it is located in front of the rectum and under the bladder where it grows slowly. First, prostate cancer really affect men who diagnosed with it and we need to understand it first to be able to

carcinoma, or prostate cancer, in their lifetime (American Cancer Society, 2015). This scary statistic proves just how serious prostate cancer is. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 180,000 cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in the United States. Of the 180,000, 32,000 result in death from the disease each year (American Cancer Society, 2015). This paper will explore what prostate cancer is, the diagnosis process, and possible treatment options for the disease. Cancer of the

.2.1 Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) PSA is a biomarker that is regularly used clinically for screening and diagnosis of prostate cancer. It was discovered in 1972 while trying to find a substance in seminal fluid that would aid in the research of medical cases. Papsidero and associates measured PSA quantitatively in the blood in 1980, which was stated to be a clinical use as a marker for prostate cancer. PSA exists in small quantities in the serum of normal men, and it is raised higher in the presence

“Increasing Hospital Admission Rates for Urological Complications After Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy” Purpose Transrectal Ultrasound Guided prostate biopsy is the most common method to determine the presence of prostate cancer. Previous studies have shown of an increasing number of men requiring hospitalization as a result of significant infectious complications following prostate biopsy. However, “those were either small studies, or they were derived from a controlled trial designed

Abstract Prostate cancer is one of the major health concerns of the public. Worldwide prostate cancer has affected a big portion of the population and has become an issue for many males all around the world. Prostate cancer refers to the malignant growth of glandular cells located in the prostate. At the age of 85, a man is said to have a 1 in 5 chances of developing prostate cancer sometime in their life. Unfortunately Prostate cancer is a disease that does not give any warning signs when it is

Controversial PSA test In 1994, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was officially approved for PCa screening by the FDA, and 4.0 ng/ml was set as the upper limit of normal range. Following its prevalent use, PSA became the most frequent method of detecting PCa and has resulted in a considerable stage migration. However, considerable controversy remains about PSA screening, due to questions regarding survival benefit, cost effectiveness, and clinical factors such as the optimal age and total PSA at which