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DPatho Prostate

Prostate cancer develops from normal prostate gland cells that mutate into cancerous cells. While the exact cause is unknown, risk factors include male gender, genetics, diet high in fat, smoking, and alcohol. Cancer cells avoid apoptosis and multiply within the prostate, eventually spreading to nearby tissues. Small tumors remain confined at first but can enlarge and become malignant, potentially metastasizing if left untreated and leading to complications and death. Treatment options aim to manage diet, reverse isolation, pain, and use chemotherapy or bone marrow transplants, while untreated cancer may progress and cause infections, masses, and urinary issues.

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DPatho Prostate

Prostate cancer develops from normal prostate gland cells that mutate into cancerous cells. While the exact cause is unknown, risk factors include male gender, genetics, diet high in fat, smoking, and alcohol. Cancer cells avoid apoptosis and multiply within the prostate, eventually spreading to nearby tissues. Small tumors remain confined at first but can enlarge and become malignant, potentially metastasizing if left untreated and leading to complications and death. Treatment options aim to manage diet, reverse isolation, pain, and use chemotherapy or bone marrow transplants, while untreated cancer may progress and cause infections, masses, and urinary issues.

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Prostate Cancer

PREDISPOSING PRECIPITATING FACTORS:


FACTORS:  Lifestyle
• Diet (high in fat
 Gender consumption)
• Vices (smoking,
 Hereditary/Genetics
alcohol)
 Prolonged Chemical

ETIOLOGY
unknown

Normal semen-secreting prostate gland cells


mutate into cancer cells

Normal semen-secreting prostate gland cells


mutate into cancer cells

Cancer cells avoid apoptosis (a process of


programmed cell death) and continue to
multiply in an unregulated manner

Small clumps of cancer cells remain confined to


normal prostate glands

These cancer cells multiply and spread to


surrounding prostate tissues (the stroma)

Benign tumor formation

The tumor enlarges


Benign tumor turns
into malignant tumor Prostate enlargement

Signs and Symptoms:


PROSTATE CANCER  Interrupted flow of
urine
 Hematuria
 Dysuria
PROGNOSIS

If treated: If untreated:

1. Nursing Management Further complications occur such


a. Diet management as:
b. Reverse isolation
c. Pain management a. the tumor metastasize
2. Pharmacological Management
a. Chemotherapeutic b. soft tissue masses
drugs c. immunosupression
3. Medical Management
a. BMT d. chronic infections
e. severe urinary problems

DEATH

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