Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies for Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer (PC) is a major disease that affects men ’s health worldwide. It is the second most common form of cancer in men, surpassed only by nonmelanoma skin cancers such as basal and squamous cell carcinomas. Diagnostic strategies with population screening for prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has been surrounded with controv ersy and debated intensively ever since the PSA protein was first purified in 1979 by Wang et al. At the same time, advances in diagnostic imaging, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy have increased the opportunity to effectively diagnose, treat, and manage PC.
Source: Seminars in Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Source Type: research