Prostate Cancer

Question 1

What is the most common non-cutaneous cancer in American men and second leading cause of cancer related death in men?

Answer 1

Prostate cancer

Question 2

Prostate incidence increases with what?

Answer 2

Age

Question 3

What are the risk factors for prostate cancer?

Answer 3

African-American
Family hx
History of high dietary fat intake

Question 4

How are most prostate cancers detected?

Answer 4

PSA serum
NOT DRE

Question 5

What labs and lab findings will you get with prostate cancer?

Answer 5

PSA will be elevated (>4.0ng/ml)
BUN and creatinine
CBC

Question 6

What percentage of men with intermediate degrees of PSA elevation (4.1-10ng/ml) will be found to have prostate cancer?

Answer 6

8-30%

Question 7

What percentage of men with elevations of PSA 10ng/ml will be found to have prostate cancer?

Answer 7

50-70%

Question 8

What imaging should be done for Prostate cancer?

Answer 8

Transrectal ultrasonography
MRI
Bone Scan

Question 9

Who dictates the treatment of prostate cancer?

Answer 9

Urology and oncology