CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE

• CLINICAL COURSE

  • OFTEN CLINICALLY SILENT
  • DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM (DRE)
  • PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA)
    • > 4 ng/ml IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD
    • FREE PSA < 25%
  • TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND
  • NEEDLE BIOPSY
  • PROSTATISM (LIKE BPH)
  • METASTASES
    • OSTEOBLASTIC
  • TREATMENT- SURGERY, RADIATION, HORMONES, CHEMO

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