52. Tumors of the prostate

Question 1

52. prostate adenocarcinoma

definition of prostate adenocarcinoma

Answer 1

malignant proliferation of prostate gland

Question 2

52. prostate adenocarcinoma

epidemiology, incidence, mortality of prostate adenocarcinoma

Answer 2

mostly in men over 50 years old
# 1 incidence of male malignancy
#2 mortality of male malignancy

Question 3

52. prostate adenocarcinoma

tumor marker of prostate adenocarcinoma

Answer 3

elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA)

Question 4

52. prostate adenocarcinoma

location of adenocarcinoma

Answer 4

peripheral, posterior part of prostate

Question 5

52. prostate adenocarcinoma

metastasis of prostate adenocarcinoma

Answer 5

bone metastasis (lumbar spine, pelvis)

Question 6

52. prostate adenocarcinoma

marker, symptom of metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma

Answer 6

prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP)

low back pain

Question 7

52. prostate adenocarcinoma

physical diagnosis of adenocarcinoma

Answer 7

rectal digital exam

- hard, nodular, fixed prostate

Question 8

52. prostate adenocarcinoma

grading of adenocarcinoma

Answer 8

Gleason system (dominant pattern + next most frequent pattern)

• grade 1 : high differentiation
• grade 5 : no differentiation (anaplastic)