What are the methods for diagnosing prostate cancer? Three methods for diagnosing prostate cancer

Prostate cancer has a high incidence rate among male diseases and is likely to lead to death, so early prevention and treatment are needed. At the beginning, there will be symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and lower urinary tract obstruction. Therefore, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible to try to find and treat it early. So what are the diagnostic methods for prostate cancer? Specifically, the following three methods can diagnose prostate cancer.

1. Digital rectal examination.

This is one of the effective methods for diagnosing prostate cancer, especially in the early stages. Because the prostate and the front part of the rectum are very close, the texture and size of the prostate can be directly felt through rectal examination. If it is prostate cancer, the surface of the prostate can be felt to have tumor nodules, especially if the size is large, and the texture will be very hard.

2. Transrectal ultrasound examination.

Prostate cancer patients can also undergo transrectal ultrasound examinations, which can determine whether there are nodules in the prostate, especially small nodules, which can be judged more accurately through ultrasound examinations. Therefore, transrectal ultrasound examinations are also one of the diagnostic methods for prostate cancer. Through this examination, doctors can also understand the size and location of the tumor very accurately, so as to make targeted treatment plans.

3. Serum prostate-specific antigen determination.

Among the methods for diagnosing prostate cancer, the determination of serum prostate-specific antigen is very meaningful, and its accuracy and sensitivity are very high. As long as a medical examination is performed, the relevant value can be found in the serum to understand whether the patient has prostate cancer, which makes the patient's diagnosis time much earlier, which is of great significance for early detection and early treatment, and can save the patient's life in time.

For example, CT and MRI examinations, transrectal ultrasound examinations, prostate biopsy, radioimmunoassay, X-ray examinations, bone scans, etc., especially in the late stage of cancer, in order to determine whether bone metastasis has occurred, bone scans can be performed to obtain a confirmed diagnosis so that early countermeasures can be taken. If the patient feels unwell, he must go to the hospital immediately for medical treatment and receive reasonable treatment under the guidance of a professional doctor.