I can imagine a new textbook entitled The Prostate being published in every future decade to give us a state-of-the-art update. “What
is the prostate and what is it for?” begins this new entry into the urologic literature.
Readers will not find the answers to these questions in this volume. Perhaps only
the pineal of all the human “glands” is more poorly understood than the prostate.
Confusion seems to prevail over all aspects of the prostate, including the anatomy,
the physiology, and, in particular, the optimal treatment for localized adenocarcinoma—for
which the lack of a satisfactory randomized and prospective trial dooms the future
to the endless and meaningless debate that has marked the past.
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- The natural history of prostatic cancer.Cancer. 1973; 32: 1104-1112
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