Four diagnostic methods for early prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is a common cancer among men. Do you know how to diagnose prostate cancer in men? Let’s take a look at the four most common diagnostic methods for prostate cancer.

The best time to treat prostate cancer is in the early stage. If patients can get timely treatment in the early stage, they can recover quickly. In the early stage, prostate cancer is not very obvious. Many male friends often ask experts such questions: how to diagnose prostate cancer in the early stage? If patients want to do this, they should first understand the diagnosis method of early prostate cancer.

Early diagnosis of prostate cancer

1. Rectal examination

Since most prostate cancers originate from the peripheral zone of the prostate, rectal examination is of great value in the early diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer.

2. Serum prostate-specific antigen (pSA) test

As a single detection indicator, pSA has a higher positive diagnostic prediction rate for prostate cancer compared with rectal digital examination and transrectal prostate ultrasound. It can also improve the diagnosis rate of localized prostate cancer and increase the chance of radical treatment of prostate cancer.

3. Prostate biopsy

For those with abnormal rectal digital examination and serum prostate-specific antigen, systematic prostate puncture biopsy should be performed, which is the most reliable test for diagnosing early prostate cancer.

4. Imaging examination

Transrectal prostate ultrasound, prostate CT, and prostate MRI all have limitations in diagnosing prostate cancer. Doctors will choose according to the needs of the patient. The final and definitive diagnosis should be the histological diagnosis obtained by prostate puncture biopsy.

The dangers of prostate cancer

1. Pain, affecting work and life

Due to the stimulation of inflammation, a series of symptoms occur, such as swelling and pain in the lumbar sacral area, perineum, testicles, incomplete urination, frequent urination at night, etc., which make patients irritable and affect their work and life.

2. Affect sexual function, leading to impotence and premature ejaculation

As the disease has not been cured for a long time, various symptoms and discomforts worsen after sexual intercourse, or directly affect the feeling and quality of sexual life, causing a vicious stimulation to the patient, and gradually a sense of disgust appears, leading to impotence, premature ejaculation and other phenomena.

3. Affect fertility and may lead to infertility

Long-term chronic inflammation causes changes in the composition of prostatic fluid and affects the secretory function of the prostate, which in turn affects the liquefaction time of semen and reduces sperm motility, which can lead to male infertility.