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What are the zones of the prostate?

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  • A - Fibromuscular stroma
  • B - Transition zone
  • C - Central zone
  • D - Peripheral zone
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Which zone does prostate cancer most commonly arise?

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Peripheral zone

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What is the most common type of carcinoma found in prostate disorder?

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Adenocarcinoma

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What structures can prostate cancer spread to locally?

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  • Seminal vesicles
  • Bladder
  • Rectum
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Can prostate cancer spread to bone?

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Yes

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What is PSA?

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Androgen regulated protease secreted only by prostatic cells whether benign or malignant. It liquefies semen through its action on gel-forming proteins within the semen following ejaculation. It spills into the bloodstream where it can be measured

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What can cause an elevated PSA?

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  • UTI
  • Chronic prostatitis
  • Instrumentation (e.g. catheterisation)
  • Physiological (e.g. ejaculation)
  • Recent urological procedure
  • BPH
  • Prostate cancer
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What is the upper PSA limit for those aged 50 - 60?

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3.5

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What is the upper age limit for those aged 60-70 years?

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4.5

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What is the upper PSA limit for someone over the age of 70?

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6.5

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What are risk factors for the development of prostate cancer?

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  • Age
  • Race - African/Afro-carribean
  • Family history
  • Drugs - Finasteride/Dutasteride
  • Food
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How does prostatic cancer present if there was only local disease present?

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Can be asymptomatic

  • Weak stream
  • Hesitancy
  • Sensation of incomplete emptying
  • Frequency
  • Urgency
  • Urge incontinence
  • UTI
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How can prostatic cancer present if there is locally invasive disease?

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  • Haematuria
  • Perineal/suprapubic pain
  • Impotence
  • Incontinence
  • Loin pain/anuria - obstruction
  • Symptoms of renal failure
  • Haemospermia
  • Rectal symptoms - constipation, tenesmus, pencil thin stools
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What are features of metastatic prostate cancer?

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  • Bone pain/sciatica
  • Paraplegia - spinal cord compression
  • Lymph node enlargement
  • Lymphoedema - lower limbs
  • Loin pain/anuria with uraemia - ureteric obstruction
  • Lethargy
  • Weight loss
  • Cachexia
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What examination would you want to do if someone presented with symptoms of prostatic disease?

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Digital rectal examination

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What might you find on digital rectal examination in someone with prostate cancer?

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Hard, irregular mass

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What investigations might you consider doing in someone with signs of prostatic cancer?

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  • PSA
  • Transrectal ultrasound + Biopsy
  • Bone scan - mets
  • CT Abdo/MRI - staging
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What is the gleason scoring system?

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Histological grading

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How is the gleason score calculated?

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Grades are decided by sampling 2 different areas of the tumour specimen, and histologically grading them in terms of differentiation from 1-5. The grades for each specimen are then added together to give a score out of 10

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What is the gleason scoring system used for in prostate cancer?

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Prognostic information

21
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What procedure can prostate cancer be found incidentally during?

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What are the stagings of Prostate Cancer?

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How would you manage someone with prostate cancer with disease confined to the prostate?

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Determine staging, then consider whether to take a watchful waiting/active surveillance approach, or to start treatment (surgery, irradiation, ablation)

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What is involved in active surveillance?

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  • Monitor PSA
  • DRE
  • Consider Re-biopsy
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What age would you consider doing a radical prostatectomy in someone with prostate cancer?
\< 70 years
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When would you consider active surveillance in someone with prostate cancer?
\>70 and low-risk
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What circumstances would a radical prostatectomy be recommended?
In those with cancer confined to the prostate - is an area for debate
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What are options for the management of prostate cancer?
* **Active surveillance** * **Radical prostatectomy** * **Radical radiotherapy** * **Hormone therapy** - alone or as adjuvant * **Symptomatic relief** - analgesia, radiotherapy
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What are the main types of hormone therapy used in prostate cancer?
* **Orchidectomy** * **LHRH agonist** * **Diethylstilboestrol** * **GNRH antagonists** * **Anti-androgens** * **Aromatase inhibitors**
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What is the basis of hormone therapy in prostate cancer?
Malignant prostate cells start off by requiring daily supply of testosterone, without which they die
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What are LHRH agonists given with when treating prostate cancer?
**Androgen blockers** - LHRH agonists cause initial rise in testosterone before reducing it through negative feedback, causing a tumour flare unless suppressed
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How does Diethystilboesterol work?
Inhibits LHRH and testosterone secrtion, inactivate androgens and has direct cytotoxic effect on prostate
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What types of anti-androgens are used in prostate cancer?
* **Steroids** - megesterol, cyproterone * **Non-steroids** - flutamide, nilutamid, bicalutamide
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How do aromatase inhibitors work?
Prevent the action of aromatase, an enzyme in the prostate cell that converts adrenal steroids into testosterone
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What are side effects to hormonal therapy?
* **Reduced/absent libido** * **Impotence** * **Shrinking testicles and penis** * **Hot flashes** * **Breast tenderness** * **Osteoporosis** * **Anaemia** * **Loss of muscle mass** * **Weight gain**
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How would you symptomatically manage someone with prostate cancer?
* **Analgesia** * **Treat hypercalcaemia** * **Radiotherapy for bone mets/spinal cord compression**
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What are the three components to prostate screening?
* **DRE** * **Transrectal US** * **PSA**
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What factors are used to determine prognosis in someone with prostate cancer?
* **Pre-Treatment PSA levels** * **Tumour stage** * **Tumour grade** - Gleason score
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What does a gleason score of 8-10 indicate?
Aggressive disease
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What does a gleason score of 5-7 indicate?
Intermediate disease
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What does a gleason score of 2-4 indicate?
Indolent disease

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