PROSTRATE+CANCER+JA+JT+AF

!. NEW VOCABULARY. INCLUDE DEFINITIONS. __Specimen-__ a sample for medical testing, esp. of urine. __PSA Score-__ Prostate Specific Antigen. __Biopsy-__ an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease. __Excised-__ cut out surgically. __Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasm-__ Prostate Cancer. __Node-__ a lymph node or other structure consisting of a small mass of differentiated tissue. __Morphology-__ the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.

2. FROM LOOKING AT THE PATHOLOGY REPORT, WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU KNOW? We know that, when you have prostate cancer, you have a tough time urinating. these difficulties include symptoms such as: frequent irritation, and the feeling of not having the bladder completely empty after done. also, sleeping may be impacted.

3. HOW CAN YOU FIND OUT WHAT THIS INFORMATION MEANS? One way you can figure out what the information means is by researching the results from tests, and you can read the labels on the table of the results, so you can find the value of certain things, then, you can find out what the information means by research.

4. LIST 5 QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE ANSWERED ABOUT THIS PATHOLOGY.

What is the normal age that you would see prostate cancer in the average male?

How common is prostate cancer?

Is their anything that you can do to decrease the chance that someone would get prostate cancer?

What are the effects of prostate cancer?

How fast do the stages of prostate cancer progress?