Imdad Hussain, Aziz Marjan Khattak, Hamayun Shahs, Salim Khattak, Qammer Jamal.
Prostatic cancer - a retrospective study of 50 patients
Biomedica Jan - Jun 2005;21(1):44-7.
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center Karachi

This Objective of this study was to see histologic typing of prostate cancer and its relation to patient`s age, as no curative therapy exists for the advanced stages. This is a retrospective study of 50 patients suffering from prostatic adenocarcinoma and admitted at Basic Medical Sciences Institute, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center Karachi. A total of fifty patients between ages of 50-80 years diagnosed during the period of 1990-2001 suffering from prostate cancer were included in this study. The result showed that maximum number of tumours were in age group ranging from 61-70 years, (58% of total cases). Sixteen were (32%) well-differentiated tumors, twenty-eight (56%), moderately differentiated tumours and six (12%) were labelled as undifferentiated tumours. It was concluded that the majority of tumors were moderately differentiated tumours. Early diagnosis is useful for patients; because high grade tumours have bad prognostic markers.

Category: Urology
Keywords: Prostate. Adenocarcinoma. Prostate Cancer. Cancer.

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