What are the common types of prostate cancer

If a male friend suffers from prostate cancer, it should be treated in time, otherwise it will bring serious harm to the body, such as causing male infertility, systemic pain, affecting urination function, and the most serious is to cause the systemic spread of cancer cells and damage other body functions.

One of the four major types of prostate cancer, occult prostate cancer

The patient has no signs or symptoms of prostate disease, but pathology on lymph node biopsy or bone puncture proves prostate cancer. It can be further confirmed by prostate biopsy.

These patients have elevated serum levels of prostate-specific antigen (pSA) and prostate acid phosphatase. Biopsies were positive for pSA and/or pAp immunohistochemical staining.

Two of the four major types of prostate cancer, latent prostate cancer

Refers to adenocarcinoma of the prostate that originates in the prostate gland and is found by pathological examination at postmortem without signs and symptoms of prostate disease before death. Latent carcinoma can occur anywhere in the prostate, but is more common in the central and peripheral regions and is often a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma.

Its incidence rate is reported abroad to be 15%~50%. A study by the Institute of Urology of Beijing Medical University in China reported that the incidence of latent prostate cancer was 34%. Statistical studies have shown that the incidence of latent prostate cancer may be related to environmental and genetic factors.

The third of the four major types of prostate cancer is prostate clinical cancer

Prostate cancer is diagnosed by clinical examination (digital, ultrasound, CT, or magnetic resonance, etc.) and can be confirmed by biopsy.Elevated serum pSA and pAp can also be used to aid in diagnosis. In most patients, prostatic nodules can be palpated on digital anal examination, and ultrasonography shows that prostatic nodules are irregular in shape, uneven in echo, and low in echo.

The fourth of the four major types of prostate cancer, incidental prostate cancer

Clinically, benign prostatic hyperplasia is the main symptom, and prostate cancer is found on histological examination in the resection of hyperplastic prostate tissue. Its histological manifestations are well-differentiated adenocarcinomas, mainly tubular adenocarcinoma and ethmoid reticular adenocarcinoma, and a few are poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas, and the incidence of incidental prostate carcinoma in foreign countries is 10%~30%. The domestic incidence rate has been reported to be about 5%.

The above content is the detailed content of "what are the common types of prostate cancer" introduced by andrology experts, hoping to help male friends learn more about prostate cancer, and receive professional treatment after suffering from prostate cancer, and at the same time pay attention to prevention and maintenance in daily life to avoid the phenomenon of excessive burden of thought.