Asymmetrisk prostata

An asymmetric prostate does not appear to be an independent risk factor for detecting prostate cancer. Therefore, an asymmetric prostate with no abnormality in PSA level should not mandate prostatic biopsy, or even an increase in monitoring frequency above the presently recommended annual interval. 1 gleason 3+4=7 2 MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. Ash Tewari, MD, M.Ch. An asymmetric prostate is quite common. Another consideration is BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), a UTI, or prostatitis. It is important PSA testing is not done after a DRE or sexual activity as this can cause serum PSA levels to rise. 3 prostatacancer lymfkortelmetastaser 4 Tests to determine the stage of prostate cancer can include: biopsy or removal of lymph nodes – where tissue from the lymph nodes is taken to be examined under a microscope. CT, MRI or other scans. A number of tests may be performed to investigate symptoms of prostate cancer and confirm a diagnosis. 5 Despite the well-known findings related to malignity in DRE such as nodule and induration, asymmetry of prostatic lobes, seen relatively, were investigated in a few studies as a predictor of prostate cancer so that there is no universally expected conclusion about asymmetry. 6 INTRODUCTION. Digital rectal examination (DRE) for prostate is an important diagnostic procedure for both benign and malignant diseases. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) and DRE are the best-known predictive factors for positive prostate biopsies (). 7 hogrisk prostatacancer 8 prostatakonkrement, och det ar vanligt att prostata ar asymmetriskt forstorad vid prostatahyperplasi. 9 Prostatacancer innebar att det bildas en elakartad tumor i prostatan, oftast i den yttre delen av korteln. 10 spridd prostatacancer forlopp 12