title: Carcinoma of the prostate in the elderly.
abstract: A comprehensive practical approach to the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of carcinoma of the prostate is presented. Prostatic cancer in the elderly patient is not a benign clinical condition. The approach is designed to minimize the morbidity of the disease process and to allow the patient to live as normal a life as possible.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D045166:Estradiol Congeners / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D045166:Estradiol Congeners