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second most common cancer in adult males in UK
most common malignant condition in men over 65 years.
''Risk factors''
increasing age
Afro-Caribbean ethnicity
''Features''
bladder outlet obstruction: hesitancy, urinary retention
haematuria, haematospermia
pain: back, perineal or testicular
digital rectal examination: asymmetrical, hard, nodular enlargement with loss of median sulcus
''Management''
''Localised prostate cancer (T1/T2)''
Treatment depends on life expectancy and patient choice
conservative: active monitoring & watchful waiting
radical prostatectomy
radiotherapy: external beam and brachytherapy
''Localised advanced prostate cancer (T3/T4)''
hormonal therapy: see below
radical prostatectomy
radiotherapy: external beam and brachytherapy
''Metastatic prostate cancer disease'' - hormonal therapy
//Synthetic GnRH agonist//
e.g. Goserelin (Zoladex)
cover initially with anti-androgen to prevent rise in testosterone (tumour flare via LH release) - start Cyproterone 3/7 before Zoladex
//Anti-androgen//
cyproterone acetate prevents DHT binding from intracytoplasmic protein complexes
//Orchidectomy//