Management of Cancer of the Prostate

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer among men; 25 percent of men with prostate cancer die of the disease1. Moreover, many patients who do not die of prostate cancer require treatment to ameliorate symptoms such as pain, bleeding, and urinary obstruction. Thus, prostate cancer is also a major cause of suffering and of health care expenditures.The high rate of mortality from prostate cancer may be due to late detection. In recent studies, screening for prostate cancer has combined the measurement of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) -- the most accurate single test for the . . .