{"title":"Prostate cancer.","authors":"R. E. Frank","doi":"10.1002/0470041102.ch18","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Prostate cancer is the most common internal cancer in American males. There are many variables that effect prognosis, with the Gleason scoring system being one of the most important factors. There is controversy regarding the ideal treatment in various subsets of prostate cancer patients. Posttreatment prostate specific antigen values have prognostic significance.","PeriodicalId":39345,"journal":{"name":"Journal of insurance medicine (New York, N.Y.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/0470041102.ch18","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of insurance medicine (New York, N.Y.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/0470041102.ch18","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Prostate cancer is the most common internal cancer in American males. There are many variables that effect prognosis, with the Gleason scoring system being one of the most important factors. There is controversy regarding the ideal treatment in various subsets of prostate cancer patients. Posttreatment prostate specific antigen values have prognostic significance.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Insurance Medicine is a peer reviewed scientific journal sponsored by the American Academy of Insurance Medicine, and is published quarterly. Subscriptions to the Journal of Insurance Medicine are included in your AAIM membership.