prostate cancer

male reproductive organ cancer
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q181257
prostate cancer
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Summary

prostate cancer is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,839 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: male reproductive organ cancer[3], prostate neoplasm[4], prostate disease[5], disease[6]
  • Commons category: Prostate cancer[7]
  • ICPC 2 ID: Y77[8]
  • Afflicts: prostate[9]
  • Symptoms and signs: frequent urination[10], back pain[11], odynorgasmia[12], pelvic pain[13], erectile dysfunction[14], bone pain[15], weight loss[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Prostate cancer[17]
  • Medical examination: Kallikrein related peptidase 3[18], positron emission tomography[19], medical ultrasonography[20], prostate cancer screening[21]
  • Anatomical location: prostate[22]
  • Described at URL: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150086[23]
  • ICD-9-CM: 185[24]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C3343[25], C7378[26]
  • Health specialty: oncology[27], urology[28]
  • Drug or therapy used for treatment: ethinylestradiol[29], finasteride[30], flutamide[31], mitoxantrone[32], chlorotrianisene[33], etoposide[34], nilutamide[35], bicalutamide[36], diethylstilbestrol[37], cisplatin[38], 17β-estradiol[39], leuprolide[40], estramustine[41], hydroxycarbamide[42]

Why It Matters

prostate cancer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Prostate-specific IL-6 transgene autonomously induce prostate neoplasm through amplifying inflammation in the prostate and peri-prostatic adipose tissue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . mayoclinic.org. mayoclinic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . mayoclinic.org. mayoclinic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . mayoclinic.org. mayoclinic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . medicalnewstoday.com. Retrieved . medicalnewstoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1YdiV9
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 14w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → male reproductive organ cancer, prostate neoplasm, prostate disease +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['h0003767-rakovina-prostaty', '0389683-nadory-prostaty']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003767-rakovina-prostaty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 14843, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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