Prevalencia de cáncer de próstata en pacientes que acuden al hospital de SOLCA de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with a prevalence rate of 6 cases for every 10 men and occurs mostly at 66 years of age. Design: study with a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, prospective approach. Technique: indirect observation. Instrument: indirect observation matrix. Results: Age group: 53%, 63-73 years; 39% 73 years and over; 6% 52-62 years; 1% 41-51 years old; 1% 30-40 years. Ethnicity: mestizo, 92%; white,5%; Afro-descendant, 3%; indigenous, 0%. Place of residence: urban area, 67%; rural area, 33%. Academic instruction: secondary, 76%; higher, 13%; primary, 11%; none,0% Marital status: free union, 57%; widower 29%; married12%; single, 2%. Symptoms: polyuria, 65%; nocturia, 29%; urinary retention, 26%; low back pain, 23%; postvoid dribbling, 18%; erectile dysfunction, 18%; hematuria,8%; hesitation,3% Staging: 40% grade I; 36% grade II; 19% grade III; 5% grade IV. Complications: urinary incontinence 52%; cancer recurrence, 26%; metastasis, 22%. Diagnostic methods: digital rectal examination, 100%; PSA, 58%; prostate biopsy, 10%; transrectal ultrasound, 5%. Conclusion: the prevalence rate of prostate cancer was 2 cases for every 100 cancer patients treated at the SOLCA-Guayaquil Hospital, with a greater number of patients in the month of June 2021, January 2020, and May of the year 2019 and April of the year 2018.