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Overview of Prostate Cancer in Hong Kong
Dr Ho Lap Yin
Medical advisor of HKCF’s
Prostate Cancer Campaign,
Urologist
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What is the prostate?
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Prostate function
• Semen production
• Neutralize acidity of vagina
• Role in reproduction
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Prostate cancer characteristics
• Affects males 50+
• Relatively slow growing
• Late stage: metastasis to bones
• Suffer from various symptoms for years
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Prostate cancer
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Prostate Cancer
- Incidence & Treatment
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Source: Hong Kong Cancer Registry, Hospital Authority
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Prostate cancer in Hong Kong (2010)
• 3rd commonest cancer in male: 1,492 cases
• Incidence: 45.3/100,000
• Mortality: 9.7/100,000
• Lifetime risk in HK (age 0-74): 1 in 31
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Prostate cancer
Early disease
Can be asymptomatic
Possible symptoms
Leaking or dribbling urine
Slow or weak urinary stream
Difficulty passing urine
Passing urine more often than usual
Passing urine at night
Having to rush to the toilet to pass urine
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Treatment: early prostate cancer
Radical Prostatectomy
Remove the whole prostate gland
Re-connect the bladder to urethra
>90% survival in 5 years
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Radical Prostatectomy side effects
• < 5 % significant urinary incontinence after
one year
• 30-50% patient suffers from erectile
dysfunction
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Treatment: early prostate cancer
• Radiotherapy
• Similar survival and treatment efficacy as
radical prostatectomy
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Side effects of radiotherapy
• Frequency of urine
• Hematuria
• Bleeding during defecation
• Side effects get worse over time
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Survival rate among different stage
• Stage 2 : >95% disease free survival after
treatment (at 15 yrs)
• Stage 3 : >85% disease free survival after
treatment (at 15 yrs)
• late stage: around 30% survival at 5 year
--Oncology 2008, Hernandez
--Cancer 2007, Walsh
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Late stage prostate cancer
• Urinary obstruction
• Renal failure
• Bone metastasis: pain
• Bone fracture
• Lower limb paralysis
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Mortality from prostate cancer
• 5th commonest killer cancer among males
• 4.1 % of all cancers
• Median age 79
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Findings & Suggestions
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Survey findings (1)
• Generally, men lack knowledge of prostate
• Majority of respondents (86%) could not
answer prostate function correctly.
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Survey findings (2)
• Hong Kong males rarely seek medical advice
regarding urinary problems
• Although almost half of men (46.6%)reported
suffering from urinary symptoms
Merely 27.1% will visit a doctor
Majority of them (85.1%) think it is not a
serious problem or unnecessary to visit doctor
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Survey findings (3)
• In general, men in Hong Kong (78%) do not
receive any prostate check.
• Only 25.6% will receive prostate check after
symptoms found
Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) Prostate Specific
Antigen Testing (PSA) Transrectal ultrasound
guided biopsy of prostate
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Advice from HKCF
Benefits of early treatment of prostate Cancer
Higher survival rate
More treatment options available
Lower medical cost
Easier to get back to normal life
Lower chance of erectile dysfunction
Reduce family burden
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“Going Through” Project
Social Worker of CancerLink Chris Ng, RSW
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“Going Through” Project
• Hong Kong FIRST community-based free rehabilitation services targets the psychosocial need of prostate cancer patients
• Multidisciplinary team of social worker, nurse, clinical psychologist, sex therapist, dietitian, medical practitioner (Western/Chinese) to provide holistic care to prostate cancer patients
• Help addressing male-specific barriers and lead to a wholesome life
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Barriers faced by prostate cancer sufferers
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Support provided by ‘Going Through’
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Sponsored by:
http://hk.movember.com
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