Question 1

What are the most common symtoms of prostate cancer?

Accepted Answer

No Symptoms

Question 2

What is the 5 year survival rate for advanced or metastatic prostate cancer?

Accepted Answer

37%

Question 3

What is the average age of men first diagnosed with prostate cancer?

Accepted Answer

67

Question 4

Which hormone primarily drives the growth of prostate cancer cells?

Accepted Answer

Testosterone

Question 5

Prostate cancer most commonly arises in the transitional zone of the prostate

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What percent of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime?

Accepted Answer

1:8

Question 7

At what age is it recommended to start prostate cancer screening for a patient with no risk factors?

Accepted Answer

55

Question 8

Which gene mutation is associated with a higher risk of prostate cancer?

Accepted Answer

BRACA

Question 9

What is the most common type of prostate cancer?

Accepted Answer

Adenocarcinoma

Question 10

Which country has one of the highest rates of prostate cancer diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

United States

Question 11

Which of the following is a common screening method for prostate cancer?

Accepted Answer

PSA blood test

Question 12

What is the approximate size of a healthy adult prostate?

Accepted Answer

Size of a walnut

Question 13

What is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

non-melonoma skin cancer

Question 14

Which of the following is the most common site of metastasis for prostate adenocarcinoma?

Accepted Answer

Bone

Question 15

Which of the following best describes the biochemical nature of PSA?

Accepted Answer

Glycoprotein secreted by prostatic epithelium

Question 16

A Prostate specific Antigen Level above 4 automatically indicates prostate cancer

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

A 70-year-old man with prostate cancer is found to have a BRCA2 mutation. Which DNA repair pathway is defective?

Accepted Answer

Homologous recombination repair of double-strand breaks

Question 18

Which cytokine secreted by prostate cancer cells stimulates osteoblast activity

Accepted Answer

Endothelin-1

Question 19

Prostate cancer often causes men to have trouble passing urine?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Men of any age can get prostate cancer

Accepted Answer

True

Prostate Cancer Awareness Trivia

2) What is the 5 year survival rate for advanced or metastatic prostate cancer?

3) What is the average age of men first diagnosed with prostate cancer?

4) Which hormone primarily drives the growth of prostate cancer cells?

5) Prostate cancer most commonly arises in the transitional zone of the prostate

6) What percent of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime?

7) At what age is it recommended to start prostate cancer screening for a patient with no risk factors?

8) Which gene mutation is associated with a higher risk of prostate cancer?

9) What is the most common type of prostate cancer?

10) Which country has one of the highest rates of prostate cancer diagnosis?

11) Which of the following is a common screening method for prostate cancer?

12) What is the approximate size of a healthy adult prostate?

13) What is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the U.S.?

14) Which of the following is the most common site of metastasis for prostate adenocarcinoma?

15) Which of the following best describes the biochemical nature of PSA?

16) A Prostate specific Antigen Level above 4 automatically indicates prostate cancer

17) A 70-year-old man with prostate cancer is found to have a BRCA2 mutation. Which DNA repair pathway is defective?

18) Which cytokine secreted by prostate cancer cells stimulates osteoblast activity

19) Prostate cancer often causes men to have trouble passing urine?

20) Men of any age can get prostate cancer