When prostate cancer is suspected, prostate biopsy is the gold standard test to confirm the diagnosis. A number of prognostic factors, including the level of serum PSA, the volume of disease in the prostate gland (as inferred from the number of positive and negative biopsies as well as the ...
Another type of abnormal finding is cells that look like they may be cancerous, but there are too few of them to make a cancer diagnosis. This is called atypical small acinar proliferation (ASAP), or atypical glandular proliferation. To rule out prostate cancer, your urologist may recommend ...
International radiological bodies have agreed on a standard for how doctors evaluate MRI to confirm a diagnosis of prostate cancer. This promises to reduce the number of over diagnosis of insignificant cancers by to up to 89%. The new procedure also allows radiologists to identify up to 13% mor...
Prostate cancerdoesn’t usually cause early warning signs. Experts recommend that if you’re a man over age 55 and don’t have any symptoms, you should talk to your doctors about whether you should be tested for the disease. If you do have symptoms, see your doctor right away. These sym...
What Is Prostate Cancer? Prostate cancer is the development of cancer cells in the prostate gland. (The prostate gland produces fluid for semen). It is the most common cancer in men; some cases of prostate cancers grow very slowly, while others are very aggressive and spread quickly to other...
Murray Wadsworth, 63, says he became a "patient detective" after his advanced prostate cancer diagnosis 6 years ago. "I had to learn how to look for clues and get rid of everything that wasn't right for me," he says. "I say 'patient detective' because I want to remind myself I ...
E Giovannucci - 《Cancer Causes & Control》 被引量: 557发表: 1998年 Update on Cobalamin, Folate, and Homocysteine the application of an expanded variety of tools to the diagnosis of cobalamin deficiency, and how these affect and are affected by our current ... Carmel,R. - 《Hematology Am...
Transrectal prostate biopsy (PB) is the standard procedure for diagnosing prostate cancer. Up to 1989 it was done with digital image guidance or transperineally (usually under general anesthesia). These techniques were replaced by transrectal sextant bio
Who Is More Likely to Have Prostate Cancer Recurrence? In general, the further your cancer has spread and the more aggressive it is, the more likely it is to recur. Specific factors include: Tumor size in relation to prostate: The tumor-prostate ratio is regarded as a significant risk facto...
Oncologyis the practice of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. Different procedures are done to diagnose cancer depending on the type of cancer suspected. Let's briefly go over them now, along with what in their results might indicate the presence of cancer. ...