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In May, Biden, now 82, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 July 2025 Months after leaving the White House, Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.—ABC News, 9 July 2025 Krieger is studying how the lack of certain vitamins can contribute to the accumulation of DNA damage in prostate tumors in African American men, who are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than other demographics.—Scott Neuman, NPR, 9 July 2025 In nearly all of these lower-incidence states, breast cancer remains the most common, except in Utah where prostate cancer leads.—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for prostate
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Etymology
New Latin prostata prostate gland, from Greek prostatēs, from proïstanai to put in front, from pro- before + histanai to cause to stand — more at pro-, stand
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