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Prostate cancer treatment is not always the best option – a cancer researcher walks her father through his diagnosis

  • Written by Luisel Ricks-Santi, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Florida
Prostate cancer treatment is not always the best option – a cancer researcher walks her father through his diagnosisMany patients with less aggressive prostate cancer elect active surveillance instead of treatment.triloks/E+ via Getty Images

“Me encontraron càncer en la pròstata,” my father told me. They found cancer in my prostate.

As a cancer researcher who knows very well about the high incidence and decreased survival rates of prosta...

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