Prostate Cancer Surveillance Appears Safe Through 15 Years
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Active surveillance in intermediate risk prostate cancer: is it safe?
Most men with prostate cancer will not die from it. Although the most frequent cancer in men in the western world it ranks only 3rd place for cause of death (1). In men over 60 years of age prostate cancer is found at autopsy in over 60% (2). Overdiagnosis by PSA screening is estimated to be 57% when screened until 75 years of age (3). Considering treatment toxicity, careful selection of men fo...
متن کاملActive surveillance in intermediate risk prostate cancer: is it safe?
1 University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia; 2 Department of Surgical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 3 Olivia NewtonJohn Cancer Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia ___________________________________________________________________________________
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عنوان ژورنال: Caring for the Ages
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1526-4114
DOI: 10.1016/s1526-4114(15)30829-5