Pizzotti Sexuality 4

Question 1

What is the probable cause of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)?

Answer 1

It is likely a result of a combination of aging and influence of androgens that are present in the prostate tissue such as dihydrotestosterone or DHT

Question 2

What is the gold standard management indicated for BPH if the patient does not want to take drugs?

Answer 2

Transurethral Resection of the Prostate or TURP

Question 3

What is the most common type of cancer in men?

Answer 3

Prostate Cancer

Question 4

What are the two major hormones of an adult male?

Answer 4

Testosterone and Dihydrotestosterne or DHT

Question 5

Is prostate cancer slow or fast growing?

Answer 5

Slow growing

Question 6

What is the leading risk factor of Prostate Cancer?

Answer 6

Advanced age

Question 7

What is the second most common risk factor for prostate cancer that affects African Americans more often than other ethnic groups?

Answer 7

Race

Question 8

Which are the two risk factors that may play a role in having prostate cancer?

Answer 8

Family History, Diet high in animal fat

Question 9

What kind of mutations does most men with aggressive prostate cancer possess that is similar to those women who have breast/ovarian cancer?

Answer 9

BRCA 2 mutations

Question 10

At which age should men discuss the options of having prostate-specific antigen testing?

Answer 10

Age 50

Question 11

During taking history of Prostate cancer patients, what are the three risk factors that you have to assess?

Answer 11

Age, Race or ethnicity, Family history of prostate cancer

Question 12

Which are the first 3 symptoms that the prostate cancer patient reports in relation to bladder outlet obstruction?

Answer 12

Difficulty starting to urinate, Frequent bladder infections, Urinary retention

Question 13

What are the 3 symptoms you have to ask about from patients with the possibility of having prostate cancer?

Answer 13

urinary frequency, hematuria, nocturia

Question 14

Which two sign and symptoms are associated with advanced prostate cancer that is usually reported on late stage?

Answer 14

Bone pain, Weight loss

Question 15

What is the most common clinical manifestation of late prostate cancer?

Answer 15

Hematuria

Question 16

When are most early prostate cancers diagnosed?

Answer 16

While having a routine physical exam, While being treated for BPH

Question 17

This is a type of imaging examination for prostate cancers, it allows a doctor to check the lower rectum, pelvis, and lower belly for cancer and other health problems

Answer 17

Digital Rectal Examination

Question 18

How much is the PSA level in men younger than 50 years old?

Answer 18

Less than 2.5ng per ml

Question 19

How much is PSA level when men reach to their 70s?

Answer 19

6.5ng per ml

Question 20

What is the term used for the removal of the prostate?

Answer 20

Prostatectomy

Question 21

What is the pallative surgery done to slower the spread of cancer by removing the main source of testosterone which are the testicles?

Answer 21

Bilateral Orchiectomy

Question 22

During the care of a patient after Open Radical Prostatectomy, the nurse should remind the patient to:

Answer 22

Use patient controlled analgesia or PCA on as needed basis only

Question 23

What is the most common potential long-term complication of open radical prostatectomy?

Answer 23

Erectile Dysfunction