Common Male Genitourinary Issues: Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment [0.03%]
常见男性泌尿生殖系统问题：前列腺癌的筛查和治疗
Joseph Jenkins Saffold MD
Joseph Jenkins Saffold MD
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in US men. Guidelines for screening vary, underscoring the need to engage patients in shared decision-making and counsel them about potential benefits and harms. When screening is undertaken,...
Gretchen Irwin MD, MBA
Gretchen Irwin MD
Male fertility concerns include prevention of pregnancy and planning for conception, including management of infertility. Male-directed contraception is currently limited to condom use or vasectomy. Vasectomy is a safe, office-based procedu...
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FP essentials. 2026 Aug:567:23-28. DOI: 2026
Common Male Genitourinary Issues: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Overactive Bladder [0.03%]
常见男科问题：良性前列腺增生和膀胱过度活动症
Gretchen Irwin MD, MBA
Gretchen Irwin MD
Lower urinary tract symptoms that significantly impair quality of life in men may result from benign prostatic hyperplasia, overactive bladder, or a combination of both conditions. The diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia, a voiding dy...
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FP essentials. 2026 Aug:567:14-22. DOI: 2026
Gretchen Irwin MD, MBA
Gretchen Irwin MD
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome is a common male genitourinary condition comprising urinary, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, and/or psychological concerns with pain as a prominent feature. It is a diagnosis of exclusion....
Kate Rowland MD, MS, FAAFP
Kate Rowland MD
Michelle Nelson MD, FAAFP,Remi K Hamel MD et al.
Michelle Nelson MD et al.
Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the United States and one of the deadliest. Tumor depth (Breslow depth) is the most important prognostic factor. Wide local excision is used to manage melanoma stage 0 (in situ) with 0.5- to 1-cm ...
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FP essentials. 2026 May:564:33-39. DOI: 2026
Skin Cancer: Management of Actinic Keratoses and Keratinocyte Carcinomas [0.03%]
皮肤癌：光化性角化病和角蛋白细胞癌的治疗
Michelle Nelson MD, FAAFP,Jennifer Nash MD et al.
Michelle Nelson MD et al.
Actinic keratoses are precancerous skin lesions that are treated to prevent progression to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Keratinocyte carcinomas include basal cell carcinoma and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Cryosurgery is preferr...
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FP essentials. 2026 May:564:23-32. DOI: 2026
Skin Cancer: Diagnosis [0.03%]
皮肤癌：诊断
Michelle Nelson MD, FAAFP,Remi K Hamel MD et al.
Michelle Nelson MD et al.
Family physicians play a critical role in early detection of skin cancers. Although visual inspection is the initial step, dermoscopy significantly improves diagnostic accuracy, particularly for melanoma and basal cell carcinoma. Advanced i...
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FP essentials. 2026 May:564:14-22. DOI: 2026
Michelle Nelson MD, FAAFP,Remi K Hamel MD et al.
Michelle Nelson MD et al.
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. Basal cell carcinoma, the leading type of skin cancer across all racial and ethnic groups, is usually slow growing and curable. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma accounts for more ...
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FP essentials. 2026 May:564:6-13. DOI: 2026