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Risk factors include advancing age, family history, ethnicity and diet(high in animal fat or meat). The risk of developing prostate cancer is higher than average if the brother or father of that individual had the disease. Other risk factors may include low levels of vitamins or selenium, multiple sex partners, viruses and occupational exposure to chemicals, cadium and other metals. | Risk factors include advancing age, family history, ethnicity and diet(high in animal fat or meat). The risk of developing prostate cancer is higher than average if the brother or father of that individual had the disease. Other risk factors may include low levels of vitamins or selenium, multiple sex partners, viruses and occupational exposure to chemicals, cadium and other metals<ref>goodman</ref>. | ||
== Systemic Involvement == | == Systemic Involvement == |
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Definition/Description[edit | edit source]
Prostate cancer is the most common noncutaneous cancer in males and is the second leading cause of death from cancer in males. It is a slow growing cancer that causes microscopic changes in the prostate affecting one third of all males by the age of 50.[1] Variations in the rate of prostate cancer progression and spreading suggests genetic involvement along with familial predisposition and diet.[2] Prostate cancer is a metastatic cancer that spreads primarily to bone.
Prevalence[edit | edit source]
Prostate cancer is more common in African-American males compared to white or Hispanic males, and is least common in Asians and Native American men.1 It most commonly affects men over the age of 50 with an increasing incidence with age. It is rare in men under 45.1
Characteristics/Clinical Presentation[edit | edit source]
Clinical Signs and Symptoms1,2:
- urinary retention or other urinary complaints
- low back pain, inner thigh or perineal pain or stiffness
- hematuria
- suprapubic or pelvic pain
- sexual dysfunction
Early prostate cancer may be asymptomataic. Most screenings of prostate cancer are being done in asymptomatic men. The listed signs and symptoms may also be present with other prostate related disease processes such as benign prostatic hyperplasia or prostatitis.2
Manifestations of Metastasized Prostate Cancer1,2:
- Sciatica
- Bone pain and lower extremity pain
- Lymphedema of groin or lower extremities
- Neurological changes from spinal cord compression
- Anemia
- Weight loss and loss of appetite
Associated Co-morbidities[edit | edit source]
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Medications[edit | edit source]
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Diagnostic Tests/Lab Tests/Lab Values[edit | edit source]
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Etiology/Causes[edit | edit source]
Risk factors include advancing age, family history, ethnicity and diet(high in animal fat or meat). The risk of developing prostate cancer is higher than average if the brother or father of that individual had the disease. Other risk factors may include low levels of vitamins or selenium, multiple sex partners, viruses and occupational exposure to chemicals, cadium and other metals[3].
Systemic Involvement[edit | edit source]
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Medical Management (current best evidence)[edit | edit source]
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Physical Therapy Management (current best evidence)[edit | edit source]
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Differential Diagnosis[edit | edit source]
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- ↑ ↑ Goodman C et al. Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapist Screening for Referral. 5th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Saunders, 2013
- ↑ Medscape. Drugs and Disease: Prostate Cancer. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1967731-overview (accessed 2 Apr 2016).
- ↑ goodman