A history of prostate cancer treatment
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- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Cancer
- Vol. 2 (5) , 389-396
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc801
Abstract
The increased incidence of prostate cancer has led to remarkable changes in diagnosis and treatment over the past century. What were the first ways in which prostate cancer was treated, and how did these evolve into the variety of therapeutic strategies from which patients have to choose today?Keywords
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