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Prostatic ultrasound for the early detection of prostate cancer

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In 1988 it is estimated that 99,000 men will be diagnosed as having adenocarcinoma of the prostate, an incidence equal to lung cancer and comprising 20% of all male malignancies. The estimate for the death rate is 11% of all male neoplasms, second only to colorectal cancer and immediately behind lung cancer. Since 1970, the age-adjusted death rate for carcinoma of the prostate has been on the rise and is now 22 per 100,000 men per year, and in 1988 approximately 25,500 men will have died from the disease [1].

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Angell, A., Resnick, M.I. (1989). Prostatic ultrasound for the early detection of prostate cancer. In: Lepor, H., Ratliff, T.L. (eds) Urologic Oncology. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 46. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1595-7_1

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