Prostate Cancer: Diagnostics & Treatment
Diagnosing prostate cancer involves few tests and once it is diagnosed, multiple options available to treat and cure the disease. Once you reach urologist or uro-oncologist, they might ask to get few tests done. Tests and procedures used to diagnose prostate cancer include: Ultrasound KUB – Simple renal ultrasound which represents the condition of kidney, ureter and bladder. This ultrasound can show the size of the kidney, kidney injury signs, abnormalities present since birth, blockage or kidney stone, complication of urinary tract infection, cysts or tumors and ureter abnormality, bladder capacity, bladder wall thickening, prostate size DRE (Digital Rectal Examination) - Doctor consult this as the first test to perform to confirm any nodule in the prostate that could be a cancer as a regular physical examination. PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) – This PSA test measures the value of PSA level (0.1-4.0) in the man’s blood. If someone is a taking 5AR...