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Prostate Cancer: Signs and Symptoms
- Prostate cancer: Epidemiology and etiology
- Prostate cancer: Pathology
- Prostate cancer: Signs and symptoms
- Prostate cancer: Screening
- Prostate cancer: Staging
- Prostate cancer: Treatment options
- Prostate cancer: Active surveillance
- Prostate cancer: Prostatectomy
- Prostate cancer: Radiation therapy
- Prostate cancer: Brachytherapy
- Prostate cancer: TURP and experimental treatment options
- Prostate cancer: Hormonal therapy of advanced prostate cancer
- Prostate cancer: Treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer
Guidelines and review literature: (EAU Guidelines Prostate Cancer) (S3-Leitlinie Prostatakarzinom) (Walsh-Campbell Urology).
Signs and Symptoms
Prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms in its early stages. Suspicion often arises from an elevated PSA level or an abnormal digital rectal examination during early detection. Advanced disease may cause:
- Urinary retention (increased prostate volume)
- Hematuria (tumor necrosis, neovascularization)
- Bone pain (bone metastases)
- Urinary incontinence (sphincter invasion)
- Erectile dysfunction (invasion of the cavernous nerve)
- Symptoms of spinal cord compression (spinal bone metastases)
- Bleeding tendency (hyperfibrinolysis or DIC)
- Flank pain or renal failure (hydronephrosis caused by retroperitoneal metastases or subtrigonal ureteral invasion)
| Prostate cancer pathology | Index | Prostate cancer screeing |
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References
N. Mottet (Chair), J. Bellmunt, E. Briers (Patient Representative), R.C.N. van den Bergh (Guidelines Associate), M. Bolla, N.J. van Casteren (Guidelines Associate), P. Cornford, S. Culine, S. Joniau, T. Lam, M.D. Mason, V. Matveev, H. van der Poel, T.H. van der Kwast, O. Rouvière, T. Wiegel Guidelines on Prostate Cancer of the European Association of Urology (EAU), https://uroweb.org/guidelines/prostate-cancer/.Leitlinienprogramm Onkologie (Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft, Deutsche Krebshilfe, AWMF): Interdisziplinäre Leitlinie der Qualität S3 zur Früherkennung, Diagnose und Therapie der verschiedenen Stadien des Prostatakarzinoms, https://www.leitlinienprogramm-onkologie.de/leitlinien/prostatakarzinom
Wein, A. J.; Kavoussi, L. R.; Partin, A. P. & Peters, C. A. Campbell-Walsh Urology
. Elsevier, 2015. ISBN 978-1455775675.
Deutsche Version: Prostatakarzinom
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