Diagnosis and treatment of urological malignancy: the prostate
Doherty, A.P.; Christmas, T.J.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine 55(3): 104-106; 123-124
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0007-1064 PMID: 8907872 Document Number: 464552
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.
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