What are the prostate cancer examination items

Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor disease. This disease mostly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. Although the incidence of this disease is not very high in recent years, once this disease occurs, it will directly affect the patient's health. Therefore, patients must be diagnosed in time after suffering from this disease. Only after the disease is confirmed can the right method be selected for treatment, so that the patient will have a good effect after treatment. So what are the prostate cancer examination items?

1. Prostate cancer patients can undergo a digital rectal examination, which is one of the examination items for diagnosing the disease and is also a relatively traditional examination method. Most of the prostate cancer patients discover the disease through this examination, but this examination method is difficult to detect tumors originating from the transition zone, so the results of this examination item are not very accurate.

2. Prostate cancer patients can also undergo imaging examinations, which are mostly used for the diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer. This examination can well detect the lesions of prostate cancer. This examination method mainly includes transrectal ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy and isotope scanning. Through these examinations, patients can determine the scope of prostate cancer, which can be said to be one of the important methods for diagnosing prostate cancer.

3. Prostate cancer patients can also undergo prostate puncture biopsy, which is also one of the main methods for diagnosing prostate cancer. It mainly involves puncturing under the guidance of rectal digital examination or transrectal ultrasound, and then biopsy of the contents obtained from the puncture. This examination method can be used to confirm the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

The above are the examination items for prostate cancer. If male friends suspect that they have prostate cancer, they can go to the hospital in time to diagnose the disease through the above-mentioned examination methods. If the examination finds that they are not sick, they can eliminate their psychological concerns. But if they find that they have the disease after the examination, they can also receive treatment in time.