What are the diagnostic methods for prostate cancer? Is the prognosis of early prostate cancer good

Prostate cancer is a common male disease. So what are the diagnostic methods for prostate cancer for female friends?

Many diseases will have similar symptoms, leading to minor treatment and minor cure. Prostate cancer is a kind of disease that is easily ignored. People often think of it as a "patent" of European and American countries, because among European and American people, the incidence rate of this disease is as high as 100/100000, ranking second in cancer deaths.

In China, its incidence rate is very low, from 2 to 3/100000 ten years ago, but its incidence rate has gradually increased in recent years, which has increased by about four times compared with 10 years ago.

The prostate is a gland located under the bladder and surrounded by the urethra. It is normal as the size of a chestnut and is unique to men. According to statistics, there are about 80000 new cases of prostate cancer in China every year, mainly in the elderly over 60 years old. Because the prostate position is hidden, the cancerous sites are mostly located in the posterior lobe perizone, and the early stage will not oppress the urethra and cause dysuria and other manifestations, so there are often no symptoms in the early and middle stages of the disease, which is difficult to arouse the vigilance of patients; Even if there is discomfort, such as dysuria, it is often mistaken for the performance of old age, or prostate hypertrophy, which delays early diagnosis and treatment. When the tumor increases to a certain extent and oppresses the urethra, it is often not early. In our hospital, many patients first found bone pain and distant bone metastasis. After examination, they found that the original focus was from prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer is not terrible. Early detection and timely treatment can cure it without affecting its service life. Thus, the early diagnosis of prostate cancer is very important. For men over 50 years old, digital rectal examination, prostate specific antigen (PSA) and rectal ultrasound examination are carried out every year, and prostate puncture biopsy is carried out for suspicious persons.

The prognosis of early prostate cancer is good

For early prostate cancer, the best treatment is radical surgery, that is, when the cancer is confined to the prostate, radical resection can achieve the goal of lifelong cure, and will not affect the quality of life of patients. For prostate cancer with local invasion due to rupture of prostate capsule, radical surgery and removal surgery combined with endocrine therapy can be considered on the basis of new adjuvant treatment. With the improvement of surgical level and anatomical technology, the radical surgery of reserved nerves and vessels can make many patients recover their functions after surgery. The treatment of advanced prostate cancer with anti-androgen can be combined with local radiotherapy and chemotherapy according to the situation, and has good curative effect.