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PROSTATE PATHOLOGY PROSTATE CANCER
•PROSTATE CANCER, IN THE FORM OF ADENOCARCINOMA, IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER IN MEN.
• PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER OFTEN PRESENT WITH BLOOD IN THE URINE OR SEMEN, BACK PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, HIP OR THIGH PAIN, IMPOTENCE, AND A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF EJACULATED FLUID.
• PROSTATE CANCER MAY CAUSE AN ENLARGED PROSTATE THAT CAN BE DETERMINED WITH A DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION.
• PATIENTS MAY ALSO HAVE ELEVATED PSA VALUES. Copyright © 2010 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins