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Prostate cancer
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Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, often detected through screening with a biopsy required for diagnosis. Most prostate tumors cause no health problems, managed with surveillance. Dangerous tumors can be destroyed with radiation therapy or surgically removed; those whose cancer spreads receive hormone therapy. Most tumors are confined to the prostate, and 99% survive 10 years post-diagnosis. Metastasized tumors at distant sites have five-year survival rates of 30–40%. Those with a family history of cancer or inherit cancer-associated variants of the BRCA2 gene are more likely to have the disease. Each year 1.2 million cases are diagnosed and 350,000 die; it is the second-leading cause of cancer and cancer death in men. Prostate tumors were first described in the mid-19th century while radiation treatments and hormone therapies were developed by the mid-20th century. Hormone therapies were recognized with Nobel Prizes to Charles B. Huggins and Andrew Schally. (Full article...)
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- Promoted: April 22, 2024
- Reasons for nomination: Feb 4 is World Cancer Day. TFA re-run from 2006.
- Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 22:03, 22 November 2024 (UTC)