Active surveillance and watchful waiting are 2 prostate cancer treatments that people often confuse. Pathologist Oleksandr N. Kryvenko, MD, FCAP, explains exactly what they are and who may benefit from them.
Background
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a type of protein released by prostate tissue that is found in higher levels in a man’s blood when there is abnormal activity in the prostate, including prostate cancer or a condition called benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), which is not cancer but a noncancerous growth of normal prostate cells that occurs with age. Ever since higher levels of PSA have been linked to a higher likelihood of having prostate cancer, there has been hope that PSA testing could be a simple way to find prostate cancer earlier.
Background
ON THIS PAGE: You will find a list of common tests, procedures, and scans that doctors use to find the cause of a medical problem. Use the menu to see other pages.
By its very nature, cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is found after it has spread to another part of the body from where it started, which is called metastasis. Therefore, doctors use many tests to try to find where in the body the cancer began, called the primary site. Some tests may also determine which treatments may be most effective.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some basic information about this disease and the parts of the body it may affect. This is the first page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Prostate Cancer. Use the menu to see other pages. Think of that menu as a roadmap for this entire guide.
Una persona que ha recibido un diagnóstico de cáncer a menudo se denomina “sobreviviente del cáncer”. Cuando las personas hablan sobre la “sobrevivencia”, generalmente se refieren a la navegación de sus experiencias de vida y a los desafíos que surgen del diagnóstico de cáncer.
EN ESTA PÁGINA: encontrará algo de información básica sobre esta enfermedad y las partes del cuerpo que puede afectar. Esta es la primera página de la Guía para el cáncer de mama de Cancer.Net. Use el menú para ver otras páginas. Piense en ese menú como un mapa para recorrer la guía completa.
