Unit 8 - Prostate Cancer Flashcards
Prostate cancer is curable when…
diagnosed early
_____ out of _____ men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime
1 out of 8
_____ out of ______ men will develop invasive prostate cancer by age 60 or older
1 out of 19
What is the 3rd leading cause of cancer-related death in US
prostate cancer
Prostate cancer may compress urethra -> _____ _____ _____
obstructing urinary flow
Prostate cancer:
metastasis: _____ and _____
lymph & venous channels
Greatest risk factor of prostate cancer
age (disease of older men)
Several mutated genes have been found that may be responsible for a man’s inherited tendency to develop prostate cancer. One of these is called _____ (_____ _____-_____ _____ _____ _____ _____). But there are many other gene mutations that may account for some cases of hereditary prostate cancer. None of these is a major cause, and more research on these genes is being done. Genetic tests are not yet available.
Men with _____ or _____ gene changes may have an increased prostate cancer risk. Mutations in these genes more commonly cause _____ and _____ cancer in women. But inherited BRCA changes probably explain only a very small number of _____ cancers.
RNASEL formerly HPC1 -Hereditary Prostate Cancer Gene 1 BRCA1 BRCA2 breast ovarian prostate
_____ to prevent prostate cancer are the topic of research
medications
Hormones used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia show a _____% reduction of risk
25%
Initiate discussion of prostate cancer for men at age _____
50
African Americans and any whose close relative was diagnosed before age 60 -> initiate discussion at age _____
45
For men at even higher risk (those with several close relatives diagnosed at an early age) -> initiate discussion at age _____
40
early-stage prostate cancer is usually _____
asymptomatic
5 urinary manifestations of prostate cancer
- urgency
- frequency
- hesitancy
- dysuria
- nocturia
_____ in the ejaculate is a manifestation of prostate cancer
hematuria
_____ from metastasis to bones is often the initial manifestation
pain