Prostate Cancer

PREDISPOSING PRECIPITATING FACTORS:

FACTORS:  Lifestyle
• Diet (high in fat
 Gender consumption)
• Vices (smoking,
 Hereditary/Genetics
alcohol)
 Prolonged Chemical

ETIOLOGY
unknown

Normal semen-secreting prostate gland cells

mutate into cancer cells

Normal semen-secreting prostate gland cells

mutate into cancer cells

Cancer cells avoid apoptosis (a process of

programmed cell death) and continue to
multiply in an unregulated manner

Small clumps of cancer cells remain confined to

normal prostate glands

These cancer cells multiply and spread to

surrounding prostate tissues (the stroma)

Benign tumor formation

The tumor enlarges

 Benign tumor turns
into malignant tumor Prostate enlargement

Signs and Symptoms:

PROSTATE CANCER  Interrupted flow of
urine
 Hematuria
 Dysuria
PROGNOSIS

If treated: If untreated:

1. Nursing Management Further complications occur such

a. Diet management
b. Reverse isolation
c. Pain management
2. Pharmacological Management
a. Chemotherapeutic
drugs
3. Medical Management
a. BMT
as:
a. the tumor metastasize
b. soft tissue masses
c. immunosupression
d. chronic infections
e. severe urinary problems

DEATH