Pathological study of the prostate tumors in Missan governorate

Abstract

ABSTRUTProstate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed in males and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in men older than 50 years of age after carcinoma of the lung.The study was performed between (October-2011 to April-2012) the tissue samples were collected of (82) patients aged between( 40- 90 )years was infected with prostate tumors from histopathological laboratory in AL-Sadder hospital in Missan governorate in Iraq .Samples was kept in Buffered Formaldehyde (10%) for period (72) hours after that treated according to histopathological examination and stained with Hematoxylen –Eosin stain The data that were collected from prostate tumors patients was observed high incidence with the ages between (71-80) years represented by 28(34.1%)cases, the ages between (61-70)years represented by 22(26.8 %) cases and the ages between(51-60)years in 18(21.9 %)cases. Histopathological examination of the tissue samples show that the commonest type was adenocarcinmoma represented by (40.2%) ,followed by benign nodular hyperplasia which represented by (34%)cases ,squamousmetaplsia was represented by(15.8%),infract squamous metaplsia represented by(9.7%) of the cases.A higher incidence of prostate cancers was confirmed at ages between (60 - 80)years, the commonest types of prostate tumors that observed in this study were adenocarcinoma and benign nodular hyperplasia, large size of prostate stones may be cause mild to moderate inflammation.