SURVEILLANCE IS NOT A VIABLE AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT OPTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCALIZED PROSTATE-CANCER

Citation
J. Hugosson et al., SURVEILLANCE IS NOT A VIABLE AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT OPTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCALIZED PROSTATE-CANCER, Urologic clinics of North America, 23(4), 1996, pp. 557
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
ISSN journal
00940143
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-0143(1996)23:4<557:SINAVA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Results of conservatively treated localized prostate cancer are rather homogenous in different series if identical statistical methods are u sed - about 50% cancer-specific survival after 15 years, a rate much h igher than that for men who undergo radical treatment. As the high mor tality is accompanied by high costs, morbidity surveillance does not s eem to be the optimal treatment in the average patient diagnosed with localized prostate cancer today.