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Men's Health: cancers - Prostate-Penile-Testicular

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Most prevalent male cancer   Prostate. Approximately 218,000 new cases diagnosed annually  
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Staging used for prostate cancer   Gleason System  
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Prostate cancer facts   high incidence in AA men, increases with age (>60), adenocarcinoma is the most common type, High fat diet is a risk  
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Majority of prostate cancers occur in   the peripheral zone (palpable on the DRE). Large tumors may cause obstructive voiding sx. Lymph node mets (LE lymphedema)  
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Advanced Prostate Cancer presentation   Bone pain/pathologic features, hematuria, hematospermia  
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Diagnosing Prostate Cancer   Prostate Biopsy. Multiple specimens (10-12) are collected and evaluated  
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Most common gleason grade   5 or 6. Grade>8 is associated with aggressive tumors (need a bone scan to identify distant mets)  
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If life expectancy is >10 years after diagnosing prostate cancer, then   curative therapy is done. Radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation. If <10 years, watchful waiting.  
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If PSA levels remain detectable post radical prostatectomy, consider   metastasis  
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Iodine 125 is used in   Interstitial Brachytherapy. long term cure rates are questionable.  
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Hormone therapy goal   Lower the levels of circulating androgens. Two methods: medical castration (LHRH analogs), surgical castration (bilateral orchiectomy)  
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_____ blocks the cellular metabolism of androgen and may be used in conjunction with hormone therapy   Anti-androgen therapy  
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_____ is a method that has the ability to kill cells resistant to radiation and hormonal therapy.   Cryotherapy. CIs prior TURP and extensive disease  
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USPSTF recommendations of PSA screening   not recommended due to a lack of evidence showing a reduction in mortality  
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_______ is diagnosed almost exclusively in uncircumcised men   Penile cancer. other risk factors: HPV 16&18, Tobacco use, poor hygeine, chronic inflammation and irritation  
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Clinical Presentation of Penile Cancer   Squamous cell carcinoma produce a painless, non-indurated, ulcerated mass. Location: glans penis, coronal sulcus, foreskin. Inguinal lymphadenopathy  
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Most important diagnostic test of Penile Cancer   Lesion Biopsy. May be excisional biopsy if the cancer is small or confined to the foreskin. No specific lab test or tumor marker associated with penile cancer. MRI and CT useful for staging purposes  
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Poor Prognostic factors in penile cancer   >/=T2, vascular involvement, mets above the inguinal ligament, lymph node involvement  
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Tx for Penile Cancer   Organ Sparing Procedures: 5 fluorouracil (topical), external beam radiation, Moh's microsurgery, laser ablation, circumcision  
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If a patient has a penile cancer that is a distant tumor, the tx is   penectomy with shaft preserved. If proximal tumor, then total penectomy  
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Most common type of testicular cancer   90-95% of all primary tumors are germ cell tumors (GCT)  
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Epidemiology of Testicular Cancer   white males, rare, two types: Seminoma, non-seminoma, usually unilateral, occurs slightly more commonly on the right  
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Embryonal, yolk-sac, teratoma, mixed are features of what type of testicular cancer?   non-seminoma  
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Pure tumor, originates in the test, and the MOST COMMON type of testicular cancer   Seminoma  
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Sx of advanced testicular cancer   cough, supraclavicular lymphadenopathy, GI sx, back pain (retroperitoneal mets), neurological dz (brain mets), LE swelling (iliac vessels/IVC thrombosis)  
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Diagnosing Testicular Cancer   Excisional biopsy. Scrotal US helpful to determine involvement of the testicular parenchyma. Hypoechoic areas in the tunica albuginea is highly suggestive  
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Most common site of initial mets in Testicular cancer   Retroperitoneal nodes  
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Most common site of distant mets in Testicular Cancer   Lungs and Posterior Mediastinum  
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Staging of testicular Cancer   CXR, Abdominal and Chest CT, Serum Tumor Markers (STM): AFP/B-hCG/serum LDH.  
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____ STM is elevated in non-seminomas and exludes a diagnosis of seminoma   AFP  
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___ STM is elevated in most testicular tumors   Beta hCG  
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___ STM is non-specific and used to monitor advanced seminoma   LDH  
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70% of seminomas present as what stage?   Stage I  
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Spermatic Cord is affected in what type of testicular cancer?   T3  
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NX means   nodes cannot be assessed  
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N2 means   node >2 but less than 5 cm or multiple nodes  
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Risk factors for testicular cancer   cryptorchidism  
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Tx for stage I seminoma   Retroperitoneal radiation recommended  
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Platinum-based chemotherapy provides cure rate of ____ in testicular cancer   70-80%  
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