What are the methods for checking prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor. If the patient can detect the disease in the early stage and receive treatment, the chance of curing the disease will increase. If you suspect that you have prostate cancer, you should go to the hospital for an examination. Now let me introduce to you the examination methods for prostate cancer.

1. Rectal examination. Anyone who has had prostatitis knows that rectal examination is the main measure to check prostate diseases. Because the prostate is right in front of the rectum, the size and texture of the prostate can be felt through rectal examination. The normal prostate gland is about 4 cm by 3 cm in size, soft in texture, smooth on the surface without nodules, and symmetrical on both sides. When a patient has prostate hyperplasia, the doctor can find changes in his prostate gland through rectal examination (the volume of the prostate will increase, but the texture will not be very hard). If the patient has prostate cancer, the doctor can feel the protruding tumor nodules on the surface of the prostate through rectal examination (if the tumor is large, the texture of the entire prostate will become very hard, like a stone).

2. Transrectal ultrasound. This type of ultrasound is performed through the rectum and has good accuracy. Through transrectal ultrasound, doctors can find out whether there are nodules in the patient's prostate. When nodules appear in the prostate, but the nodules are small or grow inside the gland, they are often not felt through rectal digital examination. However, such abnormal nodules can be found through transrectal ultrasound, allowing prostate cancer to be discovered early. Moreover, through transrectal ultrasound, doctors can also determine the size of the patient's tumor and whether the tumor has invaded the capsule of the prostate, which is very helpful for the treatment of prostate cancer.

This article introduces the methods of prostate cancer examination. After reading the above introduction, you should know that there are two methods for diagnosing prostate cancer. When you are diagnosed with prostate cancer, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time, and don't wait until the condition worsens, otherwise the treatment will be more difficult.