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prostate cancer
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Noun1.prostate cancer - cancer of the prostate gland
prostatic adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinoma, glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma - malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
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A study at the University of Washington in 1995 seemed to indicate that using this marker can catch up to 97 per cent of prostatic cancers at the most easily-curable stage, that is, when the cancer is only in the prostate.
Q&A by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Symptoms of prostatic cancers include: Poor urine stream, caused by the tumour closing off the tube exiting the bladder.
Beat the quiet killer; The steps men must take to cheat the taboo ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Fortunately, most of these prostatic cancers are so small and grown so slowly that they cause neither illness nor death.
Prostate cancer - the American male's silent killer by Medical Update
 
 
 
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