Medulloblastoma
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ONCOLOGY
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
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Neuroblastoma
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Retinoblastoma
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Ewing Sarcoma
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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…
