Prostate cancer is different from prostatic hyperplasia

Tumor prostate cancer and prostatic hyperplasia are both prostate diseases, among which prostatic hyperplasia is more common in clinical practice, patients mainly have urinary urgency, frequent urination, and poor urination as the main manifestations, because the symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia are similar to the symptoms of early prostate cancer, it is easy to confuse, so we must distinguish and need to be identified.

【Differences between prostate cancer and prostatic hyperplasia】

The pathological manifestations were different: CT of prostatic hyperplasia showed an increase in the volume and regular contour of the prostate, and hypodense shadows could be seen in some cases; Enlarged prostate protrudes into the bladder, the "mass" is central, and the edges are smooth and sometimes bilaterally symmetrical. CT scan of prostate cancer shows an enlarged prostate gland with loss of normal contour; Involvement of the seminal vesicles is manifested by asymmetry of the seminal vesicles, loss of the seminal vesicle horns of the bladder, or formation of a soft-tissue mass; Bladder involvement is characterized by irregular thickening of the bladder wall.

Different sites of occurrence: prostatic hyperplasia occurs mainly in the transition zone in the central region of the prostate, while prostate cancer occurs mainly in the peripheral zone of the prostate.

Different pathological processes: Prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer are two completely different pathological processes, androgens can promote the transformation of pathological prostate cancer to clinical prostate cancer, but there is no evidence of the transformation of benign prostatic hyperplasia to prostate cancer.

Although prostate cancer is very different from prostatic hyperplasia, it can sometimes be found in specimens after surgery for prostatic hyperplasia because some prostate cancers occur in the prostate transition zone.

How is prostate cancer different from prostatic hyperplasia? The above has made a specific introduction, once the tumor suffers from prostatic hyperplasia, it should be treated in time, due to improper treatment, the condition will be prone to recurrence, which can easily lead to the occurrence of the prostate, so it is necessary to attract the attention of male friends.