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Trends in Metastatic Breast and Prostate Cancer — Lessons in Cancer Dynamics

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  • H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H.,
  • David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D.,
  • and Peter C. Albertsen, M.D.

Discordant trends in the incidence of metastatic breast and prostate cancer since the widespread implementation of early-detection efforts may reflect distinct disease dynamics or may result from the different screening strategies used.

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Author Affiliations

From the Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, NH (H.G.W.); the Breast Surgery Section, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center — both in Detroit (D.H.G.); and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington (P.C.A.).

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