A 42-year-old lawyer makes an appointment to see his family physician. His father (age 67)
has just been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. The patient has no significant …

Approximately 200,000 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States in
1994, and 38,000 men died of this malignancy.* Despite its high prevalence, prostate cancer …

Prostate cancer is currently the most common noncutaneous cancer and second leading
cause of cancer death in men in the United States. Due to the significant burden of disease …

Objectives Prostate cancer has few known risk factors. As part of a population-based case–
control study conducted in four health maintenance organizations, the authors examined the …

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide, according to data
from the World Health Organization (WHO) GLOBOCAN database. The current lifetime risk …

A 65-year-old man consults his family physician because he is experiencing a frequent and
urgent need to urinate. A digital rectal examination reveals a minimally enlarged prostate …

INTRODUCTION: Family history of prostate cancer is an established risk factor for prostate
cancer. However, the relationship between family history of cancers other than prostate …

A 70-year-old woman who experienced a long period of depression after her first husband's
death from prostate cancer at the age of 63 has become increasingly anxious about her own …

In 2003, approximately 220,900 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and
28,900 will die from this disease [1]. Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men …

Purpose: To review the current state of knowledge regarding risk factors for prostate cancer.
Data Sources: Analysis of the literature through the use of MEDLINE as well as identification …