Post Test for When Prostate Cancer Strikes
by Gene Roberts

Journal of Christian Nursing Continuing Nursing Education Spring 2006 Volume 23, Number 2
expires March 2008

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Purpose Statement

The purpose of this self-directed study is to evaluate current thinking about aging and elder care and explore ways care must change to meet present and future needs.

Learning Objectives
After reading this article, learners will be able to:
1. Describe populations of men who are at greatest risk for prostate cancer.
2. Identify biblical responsibilities and healthscreening recommendations for men.
3. Distinguish symptoms and treatments for major diseases of the prostate.

Questions:

1. The American Cancer Society recommends digital rectal exams beginning at age 50 for most men. Who should start these and other screening measures earlier?
a. African American men
b. Men who travel extensively
c. Men with large families
d. Men with diabetes or hypertension?

2. With cancer as the second leading cause of death after heart disease, which cancer has the highest mortality rate among men?
a. Prostate cancer
b. Pancreatic cancer
c. Thyroid cancer
d. Lung cancer

3. Early prevention and screening can be a way of applying what biblical teaching for men?
a. Provide for your family (1 Tim 5:8)
b. Love your wife as Christ loved the church (Eph 5:25)
c. Take care of your body (1 Cor 3:16)
d. Keep yourselves pure (2 Cor 7:1)

4. Why is early detection often difficult in prostate cancer?
a. Men are too busy or reluctant to schedule routine exams.
b. Symptoms do not occur until the cancer spreads.
c. Other conditions often mask the symptoms.
d. Men usually ignore symptoms.

5. What is the greatest risk factor for prostate cancer?
a. Race
b. Occupation
c. Family history
d. Age

6. Why are luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists used in treatment of prostate cancer?
a. To slow or stop the cancer growth
b. To increase urinary output
c. To decrease lower back and upper thigh pain
d. To augment sexual function

7. At what stage does prostate cancer metastasize to seminal vesicles?
a. Stage I
b. Stage II
c. Stage III
d. Stage IV

8. What over-the-counter medications should men with benign prostatic hyperplasia or “enlarged prostate” avoid?
a. Aspirin
b. Benadryl
c. Cold remedies
d. Vitamin B Complex

9. Which of these can be a contributing cause of chronic prostatitis?
a. Sedentary lifestyle
b. Food allergy
c. Over-the-counter medications
d. Poverty

10. Which of these can be a symptom of chronic prostatitis?
a. Painful ejaculation
b. Rapid weight gain
c. Insomnia
d. Fever with generalized muscle pain

11. Which of these screening procedures or tests can sometimes give false positives?
a. Fasting lipoprotein profile
b. Colonoscopy
c. Body mass index
d. Prostate-specific antigen

12. What health screening procedure should men 50-64 have once a year?
a. Sigmoidoscopy
b. Urinalysis
c. Fasting lipid profile
d. Diabetes screening