Prostate cancer in men older 70 years with severe hypofractionation radiotherapydoi:10.1016/S2666-1683(20)36180-2M.C. Salas BuzónL. Gutiérrez BayardC. Muoz HiguerasS. Sayago GilR. Rodríguez SánchezEuropean Urology Open Science
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...
Management of prostate cancer in older men: recommendations of a working group of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology Prostate cancer is the most prevalent cancer in men and predominantly affects older men (aged 鈮 70 years). The median age at diagnosis is 68 years; overall... JP ...
Prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer in the U.S., exceeded only bybreast cancer. About one-eighth of U.S. men are diagnosed withprostate cancerat a median age of 67, according to the National Cancer Institute. Most patients have slow-growing, localized tumors, confined to thep...
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 ...
The number of younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer has increased nearly 6-fold in the last 20 years, and the disease is more likely to be aggressive in these younger men, according to a new analysis from researchers at the University of Michigan Co
No associations were observed between plasma 25(OH)D concentration with incidence of colorectal or lung cancer. Conclusion Lower levels of vitamin D may reduce prostate cancer risk in older men. By contrast, levels of vitamin D did not predict incidence of colorectal or lung cancers. Further ...
80 years and olderJapanlocalized prostate cancerovertreatmentrelative survivalDespite treatment guidelines recommending observation for men with low‐risk prostate cancer with life expectancy <10 years, a majority of elderly patients choose active treatment, which may result in overtreatment. Given the ...