Treatment for prostate cancer may involve active surveillance, surgery, radiation therapy – including brachytherapy (prostate brachytherapy) and external-beam...
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Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder. Early prostate cancer...
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Prostate cancer screening is the screening process used to detect undiagnosed prostate cancer in men without signs or symptoms. When abnormal prostate...
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Prostate cancer staging is the process by which physicians categorize the risk of cancer having spread beyond the prostate, or equivalently, the probability...
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Active surveillance is a management option for localized prostate cancer that can be offered to appropriate patients who would also be candidates for...
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prostate cancer or other prostate disorders. PSA is not uniquely an indicator of prostate cancer, but may also detect prostatitis or benign prostatic...
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Prostatectomy (redirect from Prostate operation)
urinary retention, as well as for prostate cancer and for other cancers of the pelvis. There are two main types of prostatectomies. A simple prostatectomy...
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lower sex hormone levels in the treatment of hormone-sensitive cancers such as prostate cancer and breast cancer, certain gynecological disorders like heavy...
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Prostate massage is part of the digital rectal examination (DRE) routinely given to men by urologists in order to look for nodules of prostate cancer...
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prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), by infection, or by manipulation of the prostate during surgery or catheterization. Additionally many prostate cancers detected...
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Antiandrogen (category Prostate cancer)
conditions. In men, antiandrogens are used in the treatment of prostate cancer, enlarged prostate, scalp hair loss, overly high sex drive, unusual and problematic...
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also called prostate enlargement, is a noncancerous increase in size of the prostate gland. Symptoms may include frequent...
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Roger Kirby (category Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England)
retired prostate surgeon and professor of urology, researcher, writer on men's health and prostate disease, founding editor of the journal Prostate Cancer and...
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Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of prostatic diseases, in particular prostate...
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Enzalutamide (category Prostate cancer)
treatment of prostate cancer. It is indicated for use in conjunction with castration in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)...
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C. M.; AUA Prostate Cancer Clinical Guideline Update Panel (2007). "Guideline for the Management of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: 2007 Update"...
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Cyproterone acetate (redirect from Medical uses of cyproterone acetate)
treatment of androgen-dependent conditions such as acne, excessive body hair growth, early puberty, and prostate cancer, as a component of feminizing...
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advanced prostate cancer; the importance of quality of life in treatment decision-making; the recognition of active surveillance as a management strategy...
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hormone therapy to block the effects of androgens. Indications for bicalutamide include the treatment of prostate cancer in men, skin and hair conditions...
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Orchiectomy (section Orchiectomy for prostate cancer)
treatment for testicular cancer as part of gender-affirming surgery for transgender women as management for advanced prostate cancer to remove damaged testes...
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Bicalutamide (category Prostate cancer)
used to treat prostate cancer. It is typically used together with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue or surgical removal of the testicles...
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Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia is a broad-based community organisation and the peak national body for prostate cancer in Australia. The Foundation...
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Abiraterone acetate (category Prostate cancer)
used to treat prostate cancer. Specifically it is used together with a corticosteroid for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and metastatic...
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Watchful waiting (redirect from Expectant management)
Related terms include expectant management, active surveillance (especially active surveillance of prostate cancer), and masterly inactivity. The term...
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Feminizing hormone therapy (section Cancer risk)
S2CID 3784055. Figg WD, Chau CH, Small EJ (14 September 2010). Drug Management of Prostate Cancer. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 71–72. ISBN 978-1-60327-829-4...
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Oftentimes, the prostate will grow in size which can lead to further problems, such as prostatitis, enlarged prostate, or prostate cancer. Prostatic congestion...
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Flutamide (category Prostate cancer)
antiandrogen (NSAA) which is used primarily to treat prostate cancer. It is also used in the treatment of androgen-dependent conditions like acne, excessive...
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Radical retropubic prostatectomy (category Prostatic procedures)
perineum). It is most often used to treat individuals who have early prostate cancer. Radical retropubic prostatectomy can be performed under general, spinal...
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Transurethral resection of the prostate (commonly known as a TURP, plural TURPs, and rarely as a transurethral prostatic resection, TUPR) is a urological...
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prostate adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer). It may be referred to simply as prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN). It is considered...
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