Prostate cancer has the highest prevalence of any nonskin cancer in the human body, with similar likelihood of neoplastic foci found within the prostates of men around the world regardless of diet, occupation, lifestyle, or other factors. Essentially all men with circulating androgens will develop m
Metabolic risk factors in prostate cancer
โ Scribed by David I. Chu; Stephen J. Freedland
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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