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Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent cancer in the adult male and the sixth most common cause of cancer death [1]. Prevalence of the disease is considered to increase over the years. The American Cancer Society estimate for 2015, 220,800 new cases of which 27,540 death from prostate cancer. One man over seven will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Early diagnosis of prostate cancer is a highly debated issue, and screening is not considered worthwhile because of the unfavorable number of patients that need to be diagnosed and treated to save every one. Nevertheless, prostate cancer diagnosis remains a very important issue because of the different screening programs that are adopted in the most developed countries.
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Bellorofonte, C., Cesana, C., Morselli, L. (2015). Noninvasive Radio Frequency for Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer. In: Thüroff, S., Chaussy, C. (eds) Focal Therapy of Prostate Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14160-2_6
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