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Prostate cancer

Última revisão das evidências: 10 May 2026
Última atualização do tópico: 29 Apr 2026

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • abnormal digital rectal exam (DRE)
  • nocturia
  • urinary frequency
  • urinary hesitancy
  • dysuria
  • hematuria
  • hematospermia
  • weight loss/anorexia
  • lethargy
  • bone pain
  • palpable lymph nodes
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Fatores de risco

  • age >50 years
  • black ethnicity
  • Northern European, Caribbean, Australian, New Zealand, North American, and Southern African populations
  • positive family history/genetic factors
  • high levels of dietary fat
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
  • prebiopsy multiparametric MRI
  • prostate biopsy
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • prebiopsy biomarker tests and risk calculators
  • testosterone
  • LFTs
  • CBC
  • renal function
  • bone scan (technetium-99)
  • CT scan
  • MRI
  • prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-PET/CT
  • PSMA-PET/MRI
  • tumor molecular and genetic testing
  • genetic evaluation and germline testing
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Novos exames

  • multimodal artificial intelligence (MMAI) tools

Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

low-risk disease

favorable intermediate-risk disease

unfavorable intermediate-risk disease

high-risk or very-high-risk disease

CONTÍNUA

nonmetastatic disease: postradical prostatectomy

nonmetastatic disease: postradiation therapy

nonmetastatic disease: castration-resistant

metastatic disease: castration-sensitive

metastatic disease: castration-resistant

Colaboradores

Autores

Timothy J. Wallace, MD, PhD

Radiation Oncologist

Department of Radiation Oncology

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond

VA

Declarações

TJW declares that he has no competing interests.

Mitchell S. Anscher, MD, FACR, FACRO, FASTRO

Professor Emeritus

Department of Radiation Oncology

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond

VA

Declarações

MSA serves on the Government Relations Committee for the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

Revisores

Emma Alexander, MBBS

Clinical Oncology Registrar

St Luke's Cancer Centre

Royal Surrey Hospital

Guildford

Surrey

UK

Declarações

EA has received consultation fees from the following organizations: Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association, Sanofi-Aventis, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Corporation, American Urological Association, National Institutes of Health, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Hartford County Medical Association. EA owns shares in Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Johnson and Johnson, and General Electric Corporation.

Peter Albertsen, MD

Medical Director

UConn Medical Group

University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington

CT

Declarações

PA declares that he has no competing interests.

Patrick C. Walsh, MD

University Distinguished Service Professor of Urology

Professor Emeritus of Urology

Brady Urological Institute

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore

MD

Declarações

PCW declares that he has no competing interests.

James Kearns, MD

Assistant Professor of Urology

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Chicago

IL

Declarações

JK declares that he has no competing interests. JK is an author of an article cited in the topic.

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Principais artigos

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: prostate cancer [internet publication].Texto completo

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: prostate cancer early detection [internet publication].Texto completo

Walz J, Attard G, Bjartell A, et al. Local and locoregional prostate cancer: ESMO clinical practice guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol. 2026 Apr;37(4):453-69.Texto completo  Resumo

Taplin ME, Riaz IB, Rumble RB, et al. Systemic therapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: ASCO living guideline, version 2026.1. J Clin Oncol. 2026 Feb 20;44(6):e1-4.Texto completo  Resumo

Fizazi K, Attard G, Azad AA, et al. Advanced and metastatic prostate cancer: ESMO clinical practice guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol. 10 Feb 2026.Texto completo  Resumo

Artigos de referência

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