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The Epidemiology and Etiology of Prostate Cancer

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Carcinoma of the Prostate

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

Abstract

Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States. Until recently most attempts by epidemiologists to identify risk factors and understand the etiology of prostate cancer were unfocused, searching for clues which could lead to more definitive and detailed evaluations. In the past few years epidemiologic studies have increasingly centered around three main themes — family history, diet, and hormones — although a few additional risk factors seem to be reproducible across studies and among different target populations, so that these also have received substantial recent attention.

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  1. Department of Preventive Medicine, USC School of Medicine, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90033-0804, USA

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  2. Department of Urology, USC School of Medicine, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90033-0804, USA

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  1. University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Zbigniew Petrovich MD (Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology and Urology, Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology) (Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology and Urology, Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology)

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Ross, R.K., Coetzee, G.A. (1996). The Epidemiology and Etiology of Prostate Cancer. In: Petrovich, Z., Baert, L., Brady, L.W. (eds) Carcinoma of the Prostate. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60956-5_1

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