GU Malignancy: Prostate, Bladder, Testicular Flashcards

1
Q

Bladder cancer

  • epidemiology
  • types
  • risk factors
A

Older males

Most common - TCC
Schistosomiasis exposure - squamous

Smokers, schistosomiasis
Aniline dyes in printing, textiles -naphthylamine, benzidine
Rubber manufacturing

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Bladder cancer

  • presentation
  • diagnosis
  • management
A

Visble/invisible hematuria => bladder cancer unless proven otherwise

Diagnosis - cystoscopy + biopsy
Staging - pelvic MRI, CT

Superficial - TURBT
Higher risk - intravesical chemotherapy/radical cystectomy/RT

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2WW criteria

  • prostate
  • bladder
  • renal
  • testicular
A

DRE abnormal
PSA high
=> 2WW

Bladder and renal => 2WW
45+ VH thats not UTI related

Bladder only 
60+ NVH and
-dysuria
-high WCC
=> 2WW

Testicular => 2WW
-non painful enlarged/changes in testis

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Prostate cancer

  • epidemiology
  • types
  • presentation
A

Older men

Majority - adenocarcinoma in peripheral zone

Can be asymptomatic
Advanced - pelvic pain, urinary symptoms
Metastatic - bone pain

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5
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Prostate cancer

  • diagnosis
  • management
A

Abnormal DRE
High PSA
-prostatitis, UTI, BPH, prostatic trauma

Diagnosis - transrectal USS + biopsy
Staging - pelvic MRI/CT, bone scan

Elderly, many comorbidities - active surveillance
Disease progression - radical treatment
-RT, brachytherapy
-radical prostatectomy
-bilateral orchidectomy/LHRH analogue, anti androgens => reduce T reaching prostate

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Testicular cancer

  • epidemiology
  • types
  • risk factors
A

Most common in 20-30s men

Most common - germ cell tumours (seminomas, non seminomas)

Infertility
Cryptorchidism, Klinefelter
Mumps orchiditis
FHx

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Testicular cancer

  • presentation
  • diagnosis
  • tumour markers
  • management
A

Painless lump
Hydrocele
Gynceomastia

Diagnosis - US
Tumour markers 
-seminoma -hCG
-non seminoma - AFP, bHCG
-germ cell - LDH

Orchidectomy
CT, RT

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Metastasis

-bladder, prostate, testicles

A

Bone Liver Lung

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