| 1 Testosterone and its active
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| | very old men prostate cancer is not
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| metabolite.Dihydro-testosterone are
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| | always clinically significant. Autopsy
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| essential for prostate cancer to develop,
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| | data indicate a 70% incidence of prostate
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| but does not actually cause prostate
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| | cancer in 80 year old men. The majority
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| cancer. Men who are castrated at a young
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| | of these men died with rather than from
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| age do not develop prostate cancer.2
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| | prostate cancer.3 Causes of prostate
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| Prevalence of prostate cancerOne in ten
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| | cancerThere is no single cause of
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| men will develop clinically significant
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| | prostate cancer. The cancer originates in
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| prostate cancer in their lifetime. It is
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| | the epithelial cells of the glandular
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| the most commonly diagnosed cancer in
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| | elements of the prostate. As with most
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| American males with 250 000 new cases
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| | cancers defects in the DNA of the cell
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| reported annually. Prostate cancer is
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| | are central to the development of
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| second only to lung cancer as a cause of
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| | prostate cancer. Multiple DNA defects are
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| cancer death in both the USA and the UK.
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| | required for cancer to develop. This
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| Prostate cancer is rare among Orientals.
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| | multi-step process takes place over time.
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| It is more common in black than white
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| | Some defects can be inherited, while
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| Americans. The disease appears to present
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| | others are acquired during the patient's
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| at a younger age and behave more
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| | lifetime. Prostate cancer is exceedingly
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| aggressively in American blacks. Prostate
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| | rare before the age of 40, but 1 in 8 men
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| cancer is common in South Africa and
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| | between the ages of 60 and 80 years
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| probably underreported as a cause of
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| | suffer from the disease. 9% of all
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| death. The exact incidence in South
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| | prostate cancers are caused by a genetic
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| Africa is not known as no large-scale
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| | susceptibility, probably inherited via
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| epidemiological studies have been
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| | chromosome 1. These genetically related
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| performed. It is uncertain whether
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| | cancers tend to present at a relatively
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| prostate cancer is more common in South
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| | younger age.4 What is prostatitis?
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| African blacks as compared to whites. In
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