Treatment strategies for locally advanced prostate cancer

Nowadays,prostate cancer(PCa)is recognized as one of the most dangerous problem for men.In world wide,PCa is the second most common malignant tumor in male population.1 In Europe,the incidence rate of PCa is about21.4%,which is the highest among all cancers.2 Moreover,PCa is currently the second most common cause of cancer death in men.3 In Asian and African regions,PCa is not so common as in Europe and north America.However,a rapidly increased incidence of PCa has been noted in most Asian countries including China in the past decade,4 mainly because of prostate-specific antigen(PSA)testing and population aging.Researchers from Shanghai showed that PCa has become the most popular malignant urinary tumor in men.5