Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed nonskin cancer in men, with 233,000 new cases estimated for 2014.
Nearly 30,000 deaths are predicted for 2014, second only to lung and bronchial cancer deaths. Early diagnosis is key to improving patient survival rates. Screening efforts have dramatically increased the detection rate, and now, 90% of new diagnoses are caught at the early stage of disease. However, new data are driving controversial changes to screening and treatment recommendations.
Written by:
Adams LK, Ferrington LS. Are you the author?
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center in Shreveport, La., Louisiana State University, PA.
Reference: JAAPA. 2014 Aug;27(8):14-20.
doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000451872.86566.bf
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24988136
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