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Manual of Clinical Oncology pp 305–310Cite as

Cancer of the Prostate

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Prostatic cancer is one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality in middle-aged and elderly males in developed Western countries. About one in every ten men can be expected to develop clinically evident carcinoma of the prostate during his lifetime. Prostatic carcinoma is also interesting because of the very high incidence of latent disease and because of its hormone dependency.

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References and Further Reading

  • Wilding G, Lippman ME (1989) Prostate cancer. In: Magrath I, New directions in cancer treatment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 39: 26–s entire issue is devoted to the early detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer)

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  1. I. W. F. Hanham
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  2. B. Reyes
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Highland Hospital, 1000 South Avenue, Rochester, NY, USA

    Charles D. Sherman Jr. MD (Chairman, UICC Professional Education Program, Clinical Professor of Surgery) (Chairman, UICC Professional Education Program, Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  2. Medical University Clinic, Martinistrasse 52, D-2000, Hamburg 20, Germany

    Dieter K. Hossfeld MD (Chairman, Manual Revision Project, Profesor of Internal Medicine, Oncology and Hematology) (Chairman, Manual Revision Project, Profesor of Internal Medicine, Oncology and Hematology)

  3. University of Wisconsin, 1300 University Ave.,Room 7615, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Richard R. Love MD (Senior Editor, Part I, MCO, Associate Professor of Human Oncology) (Senior Editor, Part I, MCO, Associate Professor of Human Oncology)

  4. Unit of Field and Intervention Studies, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert-Thomas, Lyon Cedex 08, 69372, France

    F. X. Bosch MD

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Hanham, I.W.F., Reyes, B. (1982). Cancer of the Prostate. In: Sherman, C.D., Hossfeld, D.K., Love, R.R., Bosch, F.X. (eds) Manual of Clinical Oncology. UICC International Union Against Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97267-6_29

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