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Prostate Cancers Must Be Followed Up Properly (ມະ​ເຮງ​ລູກ​ໜາກ​ຈຳ​ຕ້ອງ​ຖຶກຕິດ​ຕາມ​ເບິ່ງ​ຢ່າງ​ຖືກ​ຕ້ອງ)

Monash University's Dr Declan Murphy (supplied)
Monash University's Dr Declan Murphy (supplied) Source: Supplied

Researchers have found men with small prostate cancers are not always being properly monitored. Men who do not require surgery for prostate cancer are put on a surveillance program where they are meant to be checked by their clinicians with blood tests and biopsies. But research at Melbourne's Monash University has found almost three in four men with small or slow-growing prostate cancers are not properly monitored.


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By Greg Dyett, Khamleck Thongvilu (ຄຳ​ເຫຼັກ ທອງວິ​ລຸຍ)

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Researchers have found men with small prostate cancers are not always being properly monitored. Men who do not require surgery for prostate cancer are put on a surveillance program where they are meant to be checked by their clinicians with blood tests and biopsies. But research at Melbourne's Monash University has found almost three in four men with small or slow-growing prostate cancers are not properly monitored.



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