Prostate cancer is a very common malignant tumor that usually appears after age 40. One in 10 patients may develop prostate cancer and 3 in 100 may die from this cause. Prostate cancer is the development of undifferentiated cells (malignant) inside the prostate, usually in the posterior region near the rectum. In advanced stage can be located elsewhere such as bone metastases and lymph nodes.
The manifestations of prostate cancer may occur later when the cancer is already well advanced, this requires resorting to increasingly aggressive procedures that reduce the quality and life expectancy of the patient
Different studies have shown that the younger the person who develops prostate cancer, the greater the aggressiveness of this and therefore require more aggressive treatment. So is the state of health: The less healthy the patient is suffering from prostate cancer, more aggressive the disease.
Symptoms:
Some appear when the cancer is advanced. The most common are: difficulty or painful urination, weak stream, dribbling, frequent urination, blood in urine, blood in semen, back pain likely if sowing-in-metastasis spine, painful ejaculation, pain hip, thigh pain, pain in the testicles, or near them.
Elevated PSA
The most common classification is that which concerns the extent of the tumor (A, B, C, D). The explanation of this technique has been adapted to current knowledge, because once the PSA was considered as part of this classification. But we know that its usefulness is severely restricted because the PSA is elevated by many different causes prostate cancer.
Stage A
The cancer is localized within the prostate and is coincidentally when this is removed to correct a blockage. It is usually curable
Stage B
The cancer still localized exclusively within the prostate, is large enough to be suspected by the initial diagnostics. It is usually curable
Stage C
Cancer through the capsule of the prostate and surrounding tissues committed but not yet metastasized. Some are curable. Besides the initial diagnostics is essential to make a bone scintigraphy to differentiate it from stage D.
Stage D
The cancer has metastasized to bone especially (detected in the scan) and lymph nodes. It is not curable but there are currently palliative care;
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Digital rectal to suspect prostate cancer when it has grown enough to deform the prostate, or when it is located near the rectum. As the digital rectal examination allows evaluation of the anterior part of the prostate, using other diagnostic tools.
PSA (PSA or prostate specific antigen) used to assess response to treatment but not to diagnose prostate cancer, it also increases in benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostatitis, cystitis, seminal vesiculitis, rectal and sexual activity.
Prostate biopsy: it is very precise to establish the type of cancer, but unfortunately it is very painful but can be complicated by bleeding, infection and spread of tumors.
Conventional prostatic ultrasound: Lets get an approximate idea of the size of the prostate but due to its low sensitivity is usually supplemented with prostate biopsy.
C.M.P. – Prostate, including prostatic transrectal ultrasound CAD Color: can detect prostate cancer. Demonstrates benign prostatic disease, the probability of cancer, degree of hypertrophy, weight and prostate volume, tumor size, extent neighbor, post void residual, pathology of the seminal vesicle and rectal and bladder tumors eventually making it the ideal diagnostic tool to start the study and is safe and painless as can be practiced without restrictions
