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Management of Prostate Cancer

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PET/CT in Prostate Cancer

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Prostate cancer is the commonest solid cancer in men, with approximately 42,000 new cases per year in the United Kingdom [1]. This section details the evidence-based management of prostate cancer at all stages.

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Hughes, S., Aggarwal, A. (2017). Management of Prostate Cancer. In: Cook, G. (eds) PET/CT in Prostate Cancer. Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57624-4_3

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