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Article: Prostate cancer curable if detected early.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- August 21, 2009
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Karachi, Protest cancer is a common disease of men. It is estimated that one man in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, but only one man in 30 will die of this disease. About 96 percent of all men diagnosed with prostate cancer survive at least five years, and 75 percent survive at least 10 years. Protest cancer is curable provided detected early and it needs regular annual screening in middle age. Prostate cancer is cancer of the prostate gland. The prostate, a gland found only in males, is located under the bladder and in front of the rectum. Cancer is a disease in which cells grow out of control within the body, invading and destroying ...