Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

• Most common malignancy in men, followed closely by lung.
• It is the second leading cause of cancer death in men.
• Rare before the age of 50.
• Overall, 69 per 100,000 is the incidence in caucasians.
• Rare in Asians.
• Etiology is unclear, although dietary fats may be important. People think fats may play a role in increasing androgens.
• Androgens very likely play a role
• Altering testosterone levels can dramatically change growth rate of a prostatic carcinoma.
• Prostate cancer is an adenocarcinoma,  typically gland-within-gland pattern.

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