How is prostate cancer classified

For diseases like prostate cancer, many people don't know how to treat them. The reason is that they don't know how to classify them, and often treat one type of prostate cancer as another. Let's talk about how to classify prostate cancer.

1. Incidental prostate cancer is mainly symptom of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Prostate cancer is found in the resected hyperplastic prostate tissue through histological examination. Its histological manifestation is well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, mainly tubular adenocarcinoma and cribriform adenocarcinoma, and a few are poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. The incidence of incidental prostate cancer abroad is 10% to 30%. The incidence in China is reported to be about 5%.

2. Studies on latent prostate cancer report that the incidence of latent prostate cancer is 34%. Statistical studies have shown that the incidence of latent prostate cancer may be related to environmental and genetic factors.

3. Patients with occult prostate cancer have no symptoms or signs of prostate disease, but pathological examination of lymph node biopsy or bone puncture specimens confirms prostate cancer. This can be further confirmed by prostate puncture biopsy. Such patients have elevated serum prostate specific antigen (pSA) and prostate acid phosphatase levels. Immunohistochemical staining of pSA and (or) pAp in biopsy tissue is positive.

4. Clinical prostate cancer Clinical examinations can diagnose prostate cancer and can be confirmed by biopsy. Increased serum pSA and pAp can also assist in diagnosis. Most patients can feel prostate nodules by rectal examination, and ultrasound examinations show that prostate nodules are irregular in shape, uneven in echo and low in echo.

These are the main classifications of prostate cancer. In fact, these types are very common, but many people don't know how to classify them when faced with them, so the subsequent treatment will not be very effective. I hope these can help everyone.