Prostate cancer screening

Prostate carcinoma is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States.1 Although local therapies with curative intent, such as radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy, may result in durable disease control, up to 30% of patients experience biochemical progression.2 Patients who are at a high risk for failed definitive local therapy represent ideal candidates for adjuvant therapy or for clinical trials of systemic . Patient consisted of digital

The prostate gland produces most of the fluid that nourishes and transports sperm. It’s located just below the bladder and surrounds the urethra, through which urine passes out of the body. After puberty, the prostate is about the size of a walnut. As men age, the gland gradually increases in size (see illustration). What causes this noncancerous (benign) prostate growth — which typically occurs in the gland’s central area — is uncertain. Some believe it may be related to changes in the balance

average weight decreased from 102.52 ± 15.56 to 90.15 ± 9.68 kg and the average waist circumference decreased from 106.54 ± 9.03 to 98.26 ± 7.1. In addition, subjects showed progression in sexual functions and metabolism. Among the subjects, prostate cancer occurred in 11 men. The result indicated that TRT has significantly increased testosterone level and decreased weight and waist circumference of patients into normal range

Discussion In the last decades the management of patients with uveal melanoma has changed towards globe sparing techniques. Alternatives to the radical enucleation vary from observation to transpupillary thermotherapy, block-excision, and endoresection with pars plana vitrectomy, brachytherapy using a variety of radioisotopes, radiotherapy, Leksell Gama Knife and stereotactic radiosurgery (Henderson et al. 2006; Dieckmann et al. 2006; Mosci et al. 2009). Stereotactic photon beam irradiation has

Bladder cancer is often found because of signs and symptoms a person is having. If you suspect you have bladder cancer, exams and test will be needed to confirm the diagnosis. If cancer is found, further test will be done to determine the stage of the cancer. Medical history and a physical exam could play a big role in detecting cancer. A physician may want to do a complete medical history to check for risk factors and to learn more about your symptoms. A physical exam may provide other information

Transurethral Resection of the Prostate Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is the removal (resection) of part of the gland that produces semen (prostate gland). This procedure is done to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). BPH is an abnormal, noncancerous (benign) increase in the number of cells that make up the prostate tissue. BPH causes the prostate to get bigger. The englarged prostate can push against or block the tube that drains urine from the bladder out of the body (urethra)

are many methods that help with diagnosing prostate cancer such as biomarkers and needle core biopsy, it is the practice patterns of different pathologists that in the end determine the diagnosis. This article explains how and why interobserver variability can affect the ability to diagnose prostate cancer. Additionally, it determines the outliers for immunohistochemistry work up. Immunohistochemistry is a method that can help aid the diagnosis of prostate needle core biopsy specimens. This procedure

induce prostate cancer by Dr. Bosland. Prostate Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S and is responsible for 10% of the death in men because of cancer. Dr. Maarten C.Bosland at UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) spoke about his study of prostate carcinogenesis on rats and deduced a working hypothesis which might help pinpointing the main cause of this cancer. He based his study on the fact that castration and estrogen treatment can lead to regression of prostate cancer and went

Direct effects of Estrogenic Chemicals on Human Prostate Stem and Progenitor Cells To directly assess the actions of estrogens on prostate stem and progenitor cells and to evaluate the relevance of these findings in the human prostate gland, we recently derived in vitro and in vivo systems utilizing primary cells cultured from prostates of young, disease-free organ donors. Adult prostate stem cells were enriched by FACS (CD49fhi, Trop2hi) or 3-D matrigel culture to form prostaspheres (PS). In the

Serum testosterone levels exhibit a circadian variation with peak values in the morning. So, this circadian variation in testosterone levels and the fact that normal ranges for serum testosterone are usually established using morning blood samples, testosterone measurement for the diagnosis of androgen deficiency should be performed in the morning. It has been argued that morning testosterone measurements are not needed in older men in whom the circadian rhythm is blunted. However, a substantial