Prostate Cancer Screening: Is it Recommended in 2024?
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https://doi.org/10.32007/jfacmedbaghdad.6643020Keywords:
Prostate Cancer, Prostate-Specific Antigen, Prospective StudiesAbstract
As we are living the month of Men’s Health awareness, November, we thought of touching base regarding screening for prostate cancer; an intriguing topic indeed, and the jury is out as of yet regarding whether to formalize a screening platform for prostate cancer.
The fact remains that prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men, and the fifth leading cancer related death globally
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