Familial, Hereditary and Sporadic Characterization of Prostate Cancer & Impact on Diagnostic Modalities
Abstract
Background:
A family history of prostate cancer has been associated with increased risk of prostate cancer development, but the risks were inconsistent in terms of the affected family members and the data on prostate cancer characterization with respect to family history of disease among Pakistani men is limited.
Objective:
To characterize prostate cancer based on family history into familial including hereditary and sporadic cases and to investigate the association with diagnostic modalities; age of patient at diagnosis and pathological tumor grade.
Methods:
A self-administered written questionnaire was forwarded to 100 patients diagnosed with prostate adenocarcinoma, containing questions about age at diagnosis and cases of prostate cancer in family. The information regarding age of patient at diagnosis, cases of prostate cancer in relative, pathological tumor grade and age at death for all relatives affected by prostate cancer was acquired. The data was validated through the biopsy report of patient and medical records of relative affected by prostate cancer, provided by patient respectively. Patients were then divided into three groups according to their family history: familial prostate cancer (FPC), hereditary prostate cancer (HPC) and sporadic prostate cancer (SPC) groups.
Results:
17% of the patients were categorized in the FPC group, of which 2% were identified as having HPC and 81% were assigned SPC group. Overall, there was no significant statistical difference between groups and study variables.
Conclusion:
We found no difference in age and pathological tumor grade, in patients diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of prostate following TURP. These results are consistent with previous studies except that patients with HPC in previous studies were significantly younger at diagnosis.
Key Words:
Prostatic Neoplasms, Characterization of Prostate Cancer, Family History.
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