Difference between revisions of "Prostate cancer"

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This article deals with '''prostate cancer'''.  The vast majority of prostate cancers are carcinomas, i.e. '''prostatic adenocarcinoma''' ([[AKA]] '''adenocarcinoma of the prostate''', '''prostatic carcinoma''').  Benign pathology of the prostate gland is dealt with in the ''[[prostate gland]]'' article.
This article deals with '''prostate cancer'''.   
 
The vast majority of prostate cancers are carcinomas, i.e. '''prostatic carcinoma'''. Most prostatic carcinomas are gland forming; thus, they can be labelled '''prostatic [[adenocarcinoma]]''' or '''adenocarcinoma of the prostate'''.   
 
Benign pathology of the prostate gland, and prostate histology and anatomy are dealt with in the ''[[prostate gland]]'' article.  


=Conventional prostate cancer=
=Conventional prostate cancer=