Diagnosis and treatment of urological malignancy: the prostate.
Prostate cancer is now the second most common cause of male cancer-related deaths in the USA. This article reviews the factors that account for the recent rapid increase in incidence. It also discusses the different management options currently available, with an emphasis on early prostate cancer and the role of radical prostatectomy.
Doherty
A P
AP
Royal College of Surgeons, London.
Christmas
T J
TJ
D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors