Facing a prostate cancer diagnosis

psa in early diagnosis of prostate cancer

we report our experience with 124 patients were referred 70 our urology clinic in sina hospital for urinary retention. serum psa analyzed by using a monoclonal assay. all patients underwent digital rectal examination. the patients devided in 3 groups: group 1 (87 men) with a serum psa level less than 4 ng/ml, group 2 (26 men) with a serum psa level 4-10 ng/ml and group 3 (11 men) with a serum p...

MRI in prostate cancer diagnosis

Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer, with 41,736 men in the UK diagnosed with the disease in 2011, and the incidence continues to increase. However, introduction of prostatespecific antigen (PSA) testing has shifted the risk profile of the disease: the majority of men now present with low risk disease, with an overall cancer-specific 10-year survival of 84%. There is debate as to whe...

Prostate cancer : diagnosis and treatment

The Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

To the Editor: Based upon my own experience, I suspect that the average radiation oncologist knows more about the physics of his specialty than physicists know about cancer. As we are physicists in medicine it would seem reasonable that we be moderately conversant about this disease. Although far from proficient, over the past few years I’ve had occasions to review how prostate cancer (CaP) is ...

Prostate cancer: diagnosis and staging.

Prostate cancer represents an increasing health burden. The past 20 years, with the introduction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), has seen prostate cancer move increasingly from a condition that presented with locally advanced disease or metastases to one that is found upon screening. More is also known about the pathology of pre-malignant lesions. Diagnosis relies on trans-rectal ultrasound...