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2. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Clinical applications of PDT for prostate cancer have demonstrated potential benefits in terms of efficacy and safety, particularly for patients with localized, low to intermediate-risk tumors. PDT offers the advantage of targeting specific areas within the prostate, which can help preserve urinary and sexual functions that are often affected ...

3. Prostate biopsy - Wikipedia

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   Prostate biopsy is a procedure in which small hollow needle-core samples are removed from a man's prostate gland to be examined for the presence of prostate cancer. It is typically performed when the result from a PSA blood test is high. [ 1 ]

4. Transrectal ultrasonography - Wikipedia

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   Transrectal ultrasonography, or TRUS in short, is a method of creating an image of organs in the pelvis, most commonly used to perform an ultrasound-guided needle biopsy evaluation of the prostate gland in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen or prostatic nodules on digital rectal exam.

5. Transrectal biopsy - Wikipedia

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   Transrectal biopsy is a biopsy procedure in which a sample of tissue is removed from the prostate using a thin needle that is inserted through the rectum and into the prostate. [1] Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is usually used to guide the needle. [2] [3] The sample is examined under a microscope to see if it contains cancer.

6. Prostate cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   Screening for prostate cancer is controversial because of cost and uncertain long-term benefits to patients. [58] Horan echos that sentiment in his book. [59] Private medical institutes, such as the Mayo Clinic, likewise acknowledge that "organizations vary in their recommendations about who should – and who shouldn't – get a PSA screening ...

7. Active surveillance of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Active surveillance offers men with a prostate cancer that is thought to have a low risk of causing harm in the absence of treatment, a chance to delay or avoid aggressive treatment and its associated side effects. [citation needed] While prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related death in ...