Prostate Cancer
Figure 7.1 USA epidemiology Figure 7.2 World epidemiology Epidemiology Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in North American men, excluding skin cancers. Prostate cancer is now the second…
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Figure 6.1 (a) Normal prostate. (b) Enlarged prostate Besides age, other factors have been related to prostate enlargement. Among these are alcoholism and liver cirrhosis, two conditions which increase the…
An Appointment with the Urologist
Figure 2.1 Men and women Symptoms of Prostate Disease In general, prostate disease symptoms are divided into two categories: irritative and obstructive. The irritative symptoms include: Dysuria (burning with urination):…
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA)
Figure 3.1 PSA test The prostate-specific antigen was discovered in 1979, but its clinical utility was not identified until a decade later. Until this was known, urologists used only the…
Prostate Biopsy
Figure 4.1 Number of samples in prostate biopsy What Should Be Known About the Biopsy Procedure? The trans-rectal ultrasound and prostate biopsy is a procedure that can be somewhat uncomfortable…
Introduction
Figure 1.1 Prostate It is a male organ that is located in front of the rectum and below the bladder. It is formed of cells specialized in the production of…
Prostatitis—Pelvic Pain
Figure 5.1 Prostatitis Type I Prostatitis In general, this is an infection of the prostate appearing suddenly, that is, in an acute manner, caused by bacteria present in the urine….
How to Get a Second Opinion
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015René Sotelo, Juan Arriaga, Raed A. Azhar and Inderbir S. Gill (eds.)Prostate Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-05600-5_8 8. How to Get a Second Opinion René Sotelo1 and Rafael Andrés Clavijo Rodríguez2 (1) Department of Urology, Instituto Medico La Floresta, Anexo…
Molecular Pathology of HER Family of Oncogenes in Breast Cancer: HER-2 Evaluation and Role in Targeted Therapy
Fig. 9.1 Signaling by ErbB homodimers in comparison with ErbB2-containing heterodimers. Receptors are shown as two lobes connected by a transmembrane stretch. Binding of a ligand (EGF-like or NRG) to the…
