N J Med. 2001 Feb; 98(2): 23-33.

State-of-the-art prostate cancer treatment and research. A report from the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

DiPaola RS, Kumar P, Hait WN, Weiss RE.

Department of Medicine, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA.

Prostate cancer is a devastating disease that will be diagnosed in approximately 200,000 men in 2001. New methods for screening, prevention, and treatment are being developed. In addition, novel agents for the treatment of resistant prostate cancer are being developed in clinical trials. This review summarizes the recent efforts in diet, screening, novel systemic therapies, and alternative medicine for prostate cancer.