PROSTATE-CANCER MORTALITY IN PATIENTS SURVIVING MORE THAN 10 YEARS AFTER DIAGNOSIS

Purpose: We investigated the long-term outcome of prostate cancer. Mat erials and Methods: Causes of death were examined in 490 patients diag nosed with prostate cancer in Goteborg between 1960 and 1979 who survi ved for longer than 10 years. Results: Of the patients 75 were alive a nd 415 died, including 62% as a direct or indirect consequence of pros tate cancer. Conclusions: Early prostate cancer is a slow growing but progressive malignant disease that will, if the patient survives long enough, kill the host.