title: Natural history and staging of prostate cancer.
abstract: The natural history and staging of prostatic cancer, directly or indirectly, involve natural expectancy of the host, malignant potential of the tumor, extent of the tumor, and response of the tumor to treatment. Discussion of these topics is followed by a description of the systems of clinical staging of the disease.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012306:Risk; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography