Tag: Prostate
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Prostate Biopsy
Indications: The review serves to confirm or before treatment for prostate cancer and type. Principle: This is to clarify a doubt, clinical or ultrasound, realizing a sampling of the radio-controlled area possible. Technique: There are two techniques: – Transperitoneal under general anesthesia; – Transrectal without anesthesia. The collection of samples is entrusted to a cytologist,…
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PSA (prostate specific antigen)
Indications: The dosage of the circulating antigen secreted by prostate glandular cells can detect a cancer, to assess the stage to follow the change. Found in any other tissue, its rate is in any prostatic disease: whether adenoma, cancer, or prostate. Principle: Prostatic specific antigen is a glycoprotein secreted by the prostate. Technique: Sampling 5…
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Prostate cancer screening
WHY? According to 2000 statistics, prostate cancer is the most common male cancer (40,000 cases per year), and the second leading cause of cancer death in men (10 000 deaths per year). It occurs mostly beyond 50 years. As with any cancer, the discovery of cancer at a very early stage when the disease is…
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