Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in the UnitedStates, the second leading cause of death from cancer amongU.S. men, and the seventh leading cause of death in the UnitedStates. The number of new cases of prostate cancer, now estimatedat more than 220,000 per year, is expected to increase to morethan 380,000 by 2025 because of the aging male population. Theincidence of prostate cancer and the rate of death due to thedisease increase exponentially with age. The other major riskfactors for prostate cancer include a family history of prostatecancer, black . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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From the Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
This article was published at www.nejm.org on June 24, 2003.
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