Prostate cancer is very common and raises a serious concern about its management and treatment.
1 out of 6 men is likely to develop prostate cancer, making routine checkups and timely treatments important.
Prostate Cancer?
Prostate cancer occurs in the prostate gland. The prostate gland lies below the urinary bladder.
Types of Prostate Cancer
- • Adenocarcinoma – It is the most common form, 95 percent of prostate cancers arise from the cells of the gland that secrete prostate fluid.
- • Less Common Types – Urothelial carcinoma, Neuroendocrine carcinoma, Sarcomas
Symptoms of Prostate Cancer
- • Changes in Urination- Difficulty peeing, frequent urination (nocturia), burning sensation, incomplete urination, and blood in the urine.
- • Sexual Dysfunction – Pain during ejaculation, difficulty in erection, blood during discharge
- • Advanced-stage Cancer – Pain in the hips, bones, and swelling of legs–feet, weight loss, extreme tiredness.
Risk factors for prostate cancer
- • Age – The risk of prostate cancer increases with age; those above 50 years are more likely to develop prostate enlargement.
- • Family History – Having a family history increases the risk of prostate cancer by 3 percent.
- • Genetics – Genetic mutations
- • Lifestyle Factors – Drug abuse, excessive weight, and sexually transmitted diseases.
- • Prostatitis – Inflammation caused due to infections (bacterial, viral)
Stepwise Progression of Prostate Cancer
- • Local Spread – It spreads into neighboring tissue and vesicles.
- • Lymphatic system – It spreads to the pelvic and abdominal lymph nodes.
- • Spread through the blood – To the bones, spine, hip, and ribs.
- • Advanced stage – Spreading to other organs, lungs, liver, etc.
Grades of Prostate Cancer
It is called the Gleason score, determined by changes in cell size and shape.
- • Grade Group 1 (Gleason Score 6) – The cells look normal and can remain silent for years.
- • Grade Group 2–3 (Gleason Score 7) – Moderate changes in cancer cells, the cancer is likely to spread, but it has not metastasized to various organs.
- • Grade Group 4–5 (Gleason score 8) – The cancer cell is highly abnormal, indicating an aggressive form of cancer, and has spread to different parts of the body, lungs, liver, or bones.
Detection of prostate cancer
- • Digital rectal exam
- • PSA blood test
- • MRI and ultrasound
- • Biopsy
Treatment and Management of Prostate Cancer
Active Surveillance and Testing
Grade group 1 cancer is manageable through active surveillance, does not require immediate treatment.
Tracking cancer growth and determining the signs of progression.
What are the Oncology Medicines for Prostate Cancer?
- • Hormone Therapy Medicines: Lowers the androgen levels, testosterone levels, causing cancer cells to starve. Abirakast ( Abiraterone ), Indenza (Enzalutamide)
- • Chemotherapy Medicines: It destroys the cancer cells, shrinks tumors, and prevents recurrence.
- Docetaxel (Docekast), Cabazitaxel.
- • Immune-Therapy: Increase immune system activity.
- PD-1 inhibitors, checkpoint inhibitors
- • Targeted Therapy: Acts targeting cancer cells without causing harm to the normal cells, offering fewer side effects.
- PARP inhibitors – Olabir
Other Treatments
- • Surgery
- • Prostatectomy: Removal of the prostate gland through open surgery or robotic surgery.
- • Radiation Therapy: Various types of external radiation are targeted at cancer cells.
- • Focus Therapy: It is used to target cancer cells through light beams, ultrasound waves, and freezing techniques.
- • Radiation Therapy: External radiation
- • Focus Therapy: Light beams, ultrasound, freezing
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Hope Starts with the Right Treatment
Prostate cancer can be easily managed and treated if detected early, leaving people with cancer-free lives for years.
Grade 1 cancer is a slow-growing cancer and is 100 percent treatable through close monitoring and the right treatment.
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