title: Prostate cancer diagnosis, staging and survival.
abstract: Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men and the second most common cancer related death. Through research, we have found that African-American men and men with a family history of prostate cancer have a significantly higher risk of prostate cancer. In the 90's the mortality rate from prostate cancer decreased, presumably due to PSA testing. Patients with organ-confined tumors, particularly if they have a moderate Gleason score have an excellent chance of long-term survival with radical prostatectomy or external beam radiation therapy. Advances in detecting micrometastatic disease are needed to further impact on this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and The Prostate Program of The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Narain
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cher
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate