Prostate Cancer
Studies from S.M. Biers and colleagues yield new information about prostate cancer
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, March 16th, 2009
According to recent research from Winchester, the United Kingdom, "To assess the incidence and outcome of incidental prostate cancer detected at transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), and to evaluate whether laser ablation prostatectomy would miss significant cancer by failing to provide tissue for histopathological analysis. Information on TURP-detected prostate cancer was gathered from 1996 to 2006, from The South-west Cancer Intelligence Service, hospital-operating and coding records, histopathology databases and The British Association of Urological Surgeons Cancer Registry."
"We recorded the total number of prostate cancers diagnosed per year, number of...
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