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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Very common. | *Very common. | ||
*Increasing incidence with age - the age in years is an approximation of the percentage of men with prostate cancer. | *Increasing incidence with age - the age in years is an approximation of the percentage of men with prostate cancer.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sakr WA, Haas GP, Cassin BF, Pontes JE, Crissman JD |title=The frequency of carcinoma and intraepithelial neoplasia of the prostate in young male patients |journal=J. Urol. |volume=150 |issue=2 Pt 1 |pages=379–85 |year=1993 |month=August |pmid=8326560 |doi= |url=}}</ref>{{fact}} | ||
*Usually an indolent course - most old men die with prostate cancer ''not'' from prostate cancer. | *Usually an indolent course - most old men die with prostate cancer ''not'' from prostate cancer. | ||