Medical Treatments for Prostate CancerThere are many different medical treatments for prostate cancer that involve the clinical care of a healthcare professional. These treatments include expectant therapy, surgery, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy. Expectant therapy is to carefully observe and monitor the prostate cancer. Because prostate cancer cells often spread very slowly, many older men who have the disease may not need more extensive treatment. However, expectant therapy usually includes routine physician examinations, including digital rectal exams and PSA tests. The different types of surgery for prostate cancer are radical prostatectomy - an open-surgery procedure in which the entire prostate gland and surrounding tissue are removed. Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) - surgery to remove part of the prostate gland that surrounds the urethra. Cryosurgery - this procedure involves killing the cancer cells by freezing them with a small metal tool placed in the tumor. Side effects of prostate cancer surgery include incontinence and impotence. Incontinence is the inability to control urine and may result in dribbling of urine, especially immediately after surgery. Normal control usually returns within weeks or months after surgery. Impotence is the inability to achieve an erection. For a month, or so, after surgery, most men are not able to get an erection. Eventually, approximately 40 to 60 percent of men will be able to get an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse, but without ejaculation of semen, since removal of the prostate gland prevents that process.Radiation therapy uses high energy rays to kill or shrink cancer cells, and to decrease their ability to divide. Radiation is often used to treat prostate cancer that is still confined to the prostate gland, or has spread only to nearby tissue. If the disease is advanced, radiation may be used to reduce the size of the tumor and to provide relief from symptoms. Possible side effects of radiation for prostate cancer may include diarrhea, with or without blood in the stool, and colitis, problems associated with urination, a degree of impotence (inability to get an erection), which may occur within two years of radiation therapy. The goal of hormone therapy is to lower the level of male hormones in the body, particularly testosterone. Hormone therapy does not cure the cancer, and is often used to treat persons whose cancer has spread or recurred after treatment. Produced mainly in the testicles, testosterone causes prostate cancer cells to grow. Thus, reduced testosterone levels can make the prostate cancer shrink and become less active. Most studies show that hormone therapy works better if it is started early. Chemotherapy is the use of powerful, anti-cancer medications to kill cancer cells.. Hospitalization may be needed to monitor treatment and chemotherapy's side effects. Common side effects of chemotherapy include: nausea and vomiting, hair loss, anemia, reduced ability of blood to clot, mouth sores, increased likelihood of developing infections, fatigue. Most side effects disappear once treatment is stopped. |
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ALL CAPS A prostate nodule or an irregular-feeling prostate may indicate an early prostate portion of the total PSA, and is more associated with benign disease. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Initial symptoms of BPH include difficulty starting to urinate and a feeling of incomplete urination. As the prostate gland grows larger, it presses upon The Canadian Prostate Health Council HE IS BOTHERED BY HIS SYMPTOMS AND WISHES TREATMENT. ON RECTAL EXAMINATION HE HAS A 25 CC BENIGN FEELING PROSTATE. URINALYSIS AND CREATININE ARE NORMAL. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH): Prostate Disease: Merck Manual Although carcinoma may produce a stony, hard, nodular prostate, most patients a have benign-feeling, enlarged prostate. Patients with symptoms or palpable Bristol Urology Associates Impotence Prostate Kidney Stones However, a working diagnosis of BPH can be made if there is a predominance of obstructive urinary symptoms, a benign feeling prostate, an absence of Benign prostatic hypertrophy - enlarged prostate gland An enlarged prostate â“ known as benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH â“ is caused by an the feeling that your bladder isn't empty after urination, CKS: CKS Drugs: Topics - Prostate â” benign hyperplasia - Scenario Drug list for Scenario: Benign prostatic hyperplasia side effects such as blurred vision, dizziness, drowsiness, sweating or feeling light headed. I.9 Problem: Diseases of the Prostate (Infection, Benign Prostatic I.9.1 Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostatic Cancer. S.A. McNeill, S.K.W. Leung . PSA or an abnormal-feeling prostate on DRE, a trans- Common Diseases Treated In the presence of a benign feeling prostate the absolute value of PSA or change in PSA over time may indicate the presence of an occult and undiagnosed Re: Clinical scene of suspected Ca P 45 yr old, LUTS, flat benign feeling prostate, responding to alpha blockers. I would not under normal circumstances. The incidence of CaP in this age group Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases - An elevated PSA, which The number of these patients recorded as having a benign feeling prostate before . reference range before the biopsy, assuming a normal feeling prostate, |
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