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Pathogenesis

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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The pathogenesis of prostatic carcinoma is uncertain.

Factors implicated include:

  • advancing age
  • race - rare in orientals, common among blacks
  • environment - Japanese migrants to USA acquire an increased incidence of the disease
  • hormonal - androgens may have a permissive role; maintain prostatic epithelium transformed by unknown carcinogens

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