Prostate Disease Trends in Urology
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Christopher Eden, MB BS, FRCS(Urol), MS, Consultant Urologist, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey; The Prostate Clinic, Old Basing, Hampshire Prostate cancer is the commonest malignancy occurring in men in the UK, with 35 000 new cases being diagnosed per year and 10 000 deaths each year, which roughly equates to one death every hour. High-risk prostate cancer (HRPC) is associated with the highest rates of treatment failure, need for secondary intervention, metastasis and death among patients diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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