, slow-growing prostate cancer opt for no immediate treatment beyond active surveillance, many men diagnosed with the cancer – especially those under age 60 who are in good health with a long life expectancy – choose to have their cancer treated without delay with either surgery or radiation....
At 10years, the cancer-specific mortality rate was 27.6% (22.2–33.9) for radiation versus 18.1% (16.2–20.3) for surgery (p<0.001). On competing-risks multivariable analysis, radiation had 1.86-fold (95% CI 1.69–2.12) higher hazard likelihood from one year to the next compared to ...
Opposing Views Surgery Provides Better Oncologic Outcomes than Radiation for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer CON "It is not what you don't know that gets you into trouble, It's what you know for sure, that just ain't so." dMark Twain M ANY urologists seem to "know" that radical pros...
adefinitive treatment of the prostate (radical prostatectomy [RP] or brachytherapy [BT]) or no surgery or radiation therapy (NSR) 摄护腺根本摄护腺术RP (或brachytherapy (BT的) 权威性的论述 ()) 或者没有手术或者放射治疗 (NSR)[translate]...
PCa castration study fuels surgery vs. GnRHA debate January 15th 2016 Results of a recently published study examining the safety of the two approaches support stronger consideration for orchiectomy, according to its authors. PCa tumor volume, grade on the rise post-USPSTF January 15th 2016 Findings...
To compare the quality-of-life (QOL) perceptions of men treated for prostate cancer with surgery to those of men treated for prostate cancer with radiation therapy. A two-group descriptive study. Midwestern community cancer center and teaching hospital. The study group consisted of 121 men: 68 ...
Although the majority of localized PCa patients can be cured by surgery and/or radiation therapy, some PCa patients still face the severe scenario of progressing to castration-resistant PCa (CRPC)3,4. In contrast, some patients have indolent tumors, which rarely progress to an advanced stage ...
Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among men with an estimated 1.3 million new cases worldwide in 20181. Although most men diagnosed with primary prostate cancer are treated with curative intent through surgery or radiation therapy, treatments fail in 30% of patients within...
(orchiectomy) or by giving female hormones such asestrogenor other drugs that block testosterone production.Estrogentherapy is no longer used routinely. Men generally prefer the testosterone-blocking drug treatment because it is effective, is less invasive, and causes fewer side effects than surgery ...
A PC cancer case was defined as a patient who visited a health facility with the ICD-10 diagnosis code C61 and received any active treatment for PC (surgery, radiation therapy, or androgen deprivation therapy) claimed in the KNHIS data. Patients who underwent watchful waiting or active ...