Canada has over 60 Prostate Cancer Support Groups that meet once a month. This Richmond group in British Columbia is founded in 2013 by volunteers and focused on providing help to Chinese-speaking men, but everyone is welcome. We speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin, meet on the second Thursday of every month from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Seniors Centre of Minoru Centre for Active Living (7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond, BC V6Y 1N9 Multipurpose Room 1 (1033)). Join us for the professional presentation and talk to other men and family members who have been dealing with prostate cancer for weeks, months or even years.

No registration is required and all ages are welcome. Please swipe your Seniors Facility Pass ($36/year for seniors 55+ or spouses) or pay a $5 drop-in fee at the front desk when arriving for each session.

If you want to chat one on one with a survivor, you may drop in our walking club. The Richmond Blue Walkers walk 5-10 km on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 am-11 am, along the beautiful river dykes and parks in Richmond (Walk in the Richmond Shopping Centre during the rainy days or cold seasons). Click here for the schedule or contact Daniel Leung at 604-836-6423 for the locations and meeting places.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada accepts donations online, please go to http://prostatecanada.ca/ 捐款前列腺癌基金會請到 http://prostatecanada.ca/

此支援小組乃義工組織,我們講英語普通話廣東話幫助您了解良性前列腺疾病與前列腺癌的病徵預防治療康復與最新醫療硏究等資訊每月第二個星期四下午6:30-8:30在「明納健康活動中心」的長者中心多用途活動室1 (1033)

每次都需要在前台的會員證(55歲以上長者年費$36),也可以付$5的單次場地費

列治文前列腺癌友步行團「藍天健行」每週二和週四早上9時至11時沿著美麗的河堤和公園散步在下雨天或寒冷季節步行於列治文購物中心)。點擊查詢活動更新 打電話604-836-6423 (Daniel)

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Sunday, September 29, 2019

香港北區醫院引入 會陰抽取前列腺組織 斷診準確度增 Transperineal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy (TPUS)

會陰穿刺 Transperineal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy (TPUS)
原文刊於《星島日報》 記者:朱海棋
香港前列腺癌每年有約二千個新症,成為第三大男性常見癌症。傳統檢測前列腺癌只可經直腸抽取前列腺組織,但只能局限地抽取後方的組織,影響準確度,而且直腸附近帶有糞便,細菌容易感染前列腺組織,更有病人因此引致敗血病入住深切治療部。為改善服務,北區醫院為全港首所全面引入經會陰抽取前列腺組織的公立醫院,增加診斷準確率,亦未有病人因檢測受感染,聯同威爾斯親王醫院整個新界東聯網去年至今,已完成至少六百個檢測個案。

前列腺的正常體積為栗子般大小,但男士到四十至五十歲後因賀爾蒙變化,前列腺會變得肥大壓着尿道,影響男士日常排尿。而較為嚴重的前列腺癌是繼肺癌及大腸癌後,男性常見的第三大癌症,每年有約二千名新症,約三十名男士便有一人患上前列腺癌。

傳統檢測前列腺癌時,醫生會以超聲波經直腸再用幼細針管抽取前列腺組織,但新界東醫院聯網外科(泌尿外科)副顧問醫生羅家麟指,經直腸檢測前列腺組織有局限,只能抽取後方組織,未能較全面抽取前方組織化驗。他又指直腸附近有糞便,檢測時約有百分之四機會令細菌感染前列腺引致敗血病,曾有病人因此要入住深切治療部及服食抗生素一星期。

香港首所公院引入新檢測法

北區醫院去年引入新檢測技術,由直腸檢測改由經會陰(踩單車時坐在單車椅的部位)抽取前列腺組織。羅家麟表示,在會陰檢測可以抽取不同前列腺的組織,增加檢測準確率,而過程亦無經直腸,故可以將感染率降至零。北區醫院及威爾斯親王醫院合共已完成至少六百個檢測個案。

新界東醫院聯網外科服務主任及名譽顧問醫生吳志輝補充,傳統直腸檢測時間約五分鐘,一個下午可以為十個病人檢測,而新技術檢測時間則為十分鐘,每個下午可檢測病人減至六至七個,故醫院已增加檢測時段。新界東醫院聯網外科(泌尿外科)顧問護師李淑賢指,新界東病人平均輪候四至五個月便獲安排檢測,情況較緊急人士會獲較優先進行。

現年六十五歲的鄧先生兩年前身體檢查時,獲醫生轉介進行前列腺檢測。當時他是透過傳統直腸檢測,事後出現發燒等感染情況,去年進一步檢測時則透過新技術化驗,他指事後一切如常,更笑言「第二日已經可以打麻將」。除了新界東聯網,其他聯網的醫院如屯門醫院、瑪麗醫院、瑪嘉烈醫院亦陸續開始使用新技術服務病人。

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