practice quiz 2 Flashcards
who has the most significant risk of developing prostate cancer?
70 year old black male
Gleason’s grading system is based on the tumor’s
morphology
to which surface of the prostate do the seminal vesicles attach?
posterior superior
most prostate cancers develop in which portion of the prostate?
peripheral
what is the most common primary malignancy in males?
prostate cancer
the absolute lowest level the PSA drops after treatment for prostate cancer is referred to as the
nadir
what level of PSA means a greater risk of failure after completion of treatment
higher levels of PSA
which lymph nodes are the first two that prostate cancer will spread to?
periprostatic nodes, obturator nodes
as men age the pSA ___ and the prostate ____ in size
increases, increases,
the most common way to biopsy the prostate is by inserting a needle the prostate via the ___
rectum