The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer: a review

MS Litwin, HJ Tan - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis made in men with more
than 160 000 new cases each year in the United States. Although it often has an indolent
course, prostate cancer remains the third-leading cause of cancer death in men.
Observations When prostate cancer is suspected, tissue biopsy remains the standard of care
for diagnosis. However, the identification and characterization of the disease have become
increasingly precise through improved risk stratification and advances in magnetic …

The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer

GL Andriole, WJ Catalona - Annual review of medicine, 1991 - annualreviews.org
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among American men and is the third leading
cause of cancer death in the United States. Over the past few years, significant advances (eg
improved prostatic ultrasonography and the discovery of serum prostate-specific antigen)
have made it possible to detect prostate cancer at an early stage. In addition, refinements in
the treatment both of localized disease (by nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy) and of
advanced disease (by novel forms of hormonal therapy) have improved the outlook and …
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