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Age is a big one, as prostate cancer is more prevalent in older men, which is why testing is encouraged as men age. For reasons that are unclear, Black men also have a greater risk compared to other races or ethnicities. Being at a higher weight as...
Older men with early-stage prostate cancer in addition to other illnesses derive no survival benefit from aggressive surgery or radiation therapy. In fact, such treatment can be harmful and have a negative effect on quality of life, according to a retrospective study published online May 13 in ...
190 Radical prostate cancer therapy is associated with a survival benefit in the older man Association of radical prostate cancer therapy with a survival benefit in the older man.66 Background: Data from several recent randomised controlled trials have suggested that older men have little to gain ...
Prostate cancerincidence in older adolescent and young adult men has increased in most countries, but the cause for the rise is uncertain, according to a new studypublished onlineSeptember 25 in the journalCancer. "Men as young as 17 years are experiencing an increasing incidence of carcinoma of...
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Increasing percentages of some older U.S. men with intermediate-risk and high-risk prostate cancers are undergoing treatments that carry risks of side effects that can significantly reduce the quality of life without extending life, according to a new st
PD12-05 DEFINING THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF OVERTREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER IN OLDER MENIntroduction: Prostate specific antigen use in prostate cancer screening has undergone significant changes since the 2012 release of the USPSTF (United States Preventive Services Task Force) guideline statement. The...
Those who had an operation to treat the cancer had less than three per cent chance of survival compared with those who had no treatment. Surgery has little or no benefit in extending the life of a patient. Experts are believed to be ‘shaken’ by the news because thousands of men could ...
Prostate adenocarcinoma is predominantly a disease of older men. Males younger than 50 years account for 1% of all patients with prostate cancer. The authors retrospectively examined cases of prostate adenocarcinoma in patients younger than 50 years of age to determine the natural history and ...