Basics of Prostate Cancer

 

  Basic Terms & Concepts

 Cancer

• https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/what-is-cancer

Cancer Cells: Differentiated and Undifferentiated

• https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms?cdrid=46445

• http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/diagnosis-and-treatment/staging-and-grading/tumour-grading/?region=on

 Prostate Anatomy

• http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/prostate/prostate-cancer/the-prostate/?region=on

• http://www.prostatecancer.ca/Prostate-Cancer/About-Prostate-Cancer/The-Prostate

PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen)

• http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/diagnosis-and-treatment/tests-and-procedures/prostate-specific-antigen-psa/?region=on
• http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-diagnosis

PSA Level by Age

• http://www.medicinenet.com/prostate_specific_antigen/page3.htm
• http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Clinical+and+Interpretive/81944

PSA velocity (rate of change)

• http://www.cancernetwork.com/oncology-journal/age-specific-reference-ranges-psa-detection-prostate-cancer

Prostate Cancer

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer#Hormone-refractory_prostate_cancer
• https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/patient/prostate-treatment-pdq
• https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/hp/prostate-treatment-pdq#link/_47

Prostate Cancer Symptoms

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/symptoms

Prostate Biopsy

• https://www.oncolink.org/cancers/prostate/screening-diagnosis/understanding-your-pathology-report-prostate-cancer
• http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-diagnosis

 Prostate Cancer by Type

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/types-grades

 Gleason Score

• http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/prostate/grading/gleason-classification/?region=on
• http://prostatecentre.ca/index.php/prostate-cancer/grading-cancer/gleason-grading-scale
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleason_grading_system

PC Tumor Staging

• http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/prostate/staging/?region=on
• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/stages/number-staging-system
• http://www.prostatecancer.ca/Prostate-Cancer/Testing-and-Diagnosis/Staging
• http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-staging
• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/stages/tnm-staging

Stage 1. Localized Stage of PC

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/stages/localised-prostate-cancer

Stage 2. Locally advanced Stage of PC

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/stages/locally-advanced-prostate-cancer

Stage 3. Advanced stage of PC

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/advanced-cancer/about-advanced-cancer

Risk of Biochemical Recurrence of PC and Treatment Decisions

• http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/prostate/prognosis-and-survival/levels-of-risk/?region=on

CT Scan for PC

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/getting-diagnosed/tests-stage/ct-scan

Bone Scan for PC

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/getting-diagnosed/tests-stage/bone-scan

Metastasis of PC: Typical progression of tumor T1-4 to Metastases

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/stages/tnm-staging

Lymph Nodes and PC

• http://prostate-cancer.com/prostate-cancer-glossary/lymph-nodes.html
• http://www.cancernetwork.com/oncology-journal/management-lymph-node-positive-prostate-cancer-role-surgery-and-radiation-therapy

Bio-chemical Recurrence

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624708/

 

Treatment Therapies:

 Treatment Modes: Active Surveillance, Surgery, Radiation, ADT

• http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/prostate/treatment/?region=on

Prostatectomy (manual and robotic)

• http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/prostatectomy/basics/definition/prc-20119420
• http://prostatecancer.ca/Prostate-Cancer/Treatment/Radical-Prostatectomy
• http://www.roboticoncology.com/robotic-prostate-surgery/

External Beam Radiation Therapy

• http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/treatmenttypes/radiation/radiationtherapyprinciples/radiation-therapy-principles-how-is-radiation-given-external-beam-rad

Brachytherapy

• http://www.prostatecancer.ca/Prostate-Cancer/Treatment/Brachytherapy
• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/treatment/radiotherapy/internal-radiotherapy/seed-implantation-radiotherapy

Androgen DeprivationTherapy (ADT)

• http://prostatecancer.ca/Prostate-Cancer/Treatment/Treatment-Options/Prostate-Cancer-Drugs/Androgen-Deprivation-Therapy
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_deprivation_therapy
• https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/prostate-hormone-therapy-fact-sheet
• http://www.LIFEonADT.com

 Treatment Choice

• http://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information/treatments/choosing-a-treatment

 Treatment Options By Stage

• http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-treating-by-stage