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Are Prostate Cancer Patients Being Over-Treated?
Thousands of American men are treated for early prostate cancer each year with the majority either undergoing surgery or radiation treatment. But it is now being suggested that perhaps as many as half of those treated would have fared just as well if their cancer had simply been monitored.
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Prostate Cancer - What You Don't Know Might Kill You
Here's the one fact that all men need to understand: Early prostate cancer detection is the difference between living and dying as far as prostate cancer is concerned.
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Get The Facts About Prostate Cancer
Detected in its early stages, prostate cancer can be effectively treated and cured. In most men, prostate cancer grows very slowly; most men will never know they have the condition. Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor of the prostate gland.
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How Effective Is The Prostate Biopsy?
Every year there are about one million prostate biopsies carried out in the United States alone, of which about 25 percent show the presence of prostate cancer. However, another 25 percent of these biopsies also produce false negative results, which means that a quarter of those men undergoing a prostate biopsy are being cleared by their biopsy, despite the fact that they do in fact have prostate cancer.
