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New Prostate Cancer Treatments Offer Hope for Advanced Cases
Major discoveries during the past 10 years have transformed prostate cancer treatment, enabling it to proceed even for the most advanced form of the disease
Stories by Marc B. Garnick
Marc B. Garnick is Gorman Brothers Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is editor in chief of Harvard Medical School’s 2024–2025 Report on Prostate Diseases.
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