Prostate Cancer
Study data from University of California provide new insights into prostate cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 19th, 2010
Current study results from the report, 'Metastasis of genitourinary tumors to the head and neck region,' have been published. According to recent research from the United States, "The objective of the present study is to characterize genitourinary tumors (GU) metastatic to the head and neck and to determine long-term prognoses. Using a retrospective chart review of 734 patients treated between January 1995 and May 2005 with an ICD-9 code pertaining to a metastatic head and neck cancer, we found 37 patients with primary GU tumors."
"There were 24 cases of prostate cancer, 10 cases of renal cell carcinoma, and 4 cases of transitional cell carcinoma. Sixteen of 24 patients...
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