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Treatment Choices for Prostate Cancer

Posted on February 21, 2012 by
Most prostate cancers that are discovered after a PSA test are early-stage cancers. But not all early-stage cancers are the same. To understand how much treatment may help, it's important for men to understand whether their cancer is high or low risk. Then they can balance the benefit of treatment against the possible side effects. To help men make a good treatment decision, the Foundation has developed a Shared Decision-Making® program called Treatment Choices for Prostate Cancer. Continue reading →
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