CONCLUSIONS Our data show that changes in quality of life after treatment for prostate cancer vary by age and treatment type. Increasing age is related to QOL outcomes at 2 years after treatment for some QOL measures. However, older patients do not necessarily experience the largest declines in ...
Cancer Survivorship Issues: Life After Treatment and Implications for an Aging Population 来自 学术范 喜欢 0 阅读量: 28 作者:JH Rowland,KM Bellizzi 摘要: The US population of cancer survivors age ≥ 65 years will continue to grow rapidly over the next few decades. This growth will be driven...
age of 40–45) and who live in well-developed regions of the world. In theUnited States, for example, 13 out of every 100 men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime. The disease is more common in African American men than it is in Caucasians. Prostate cancer should not be ...
View LargeDownload Primary Care Physician Visit Status According to Patient Age and Comorbidity Indexa Table 5. View LargeDownload Primary Treatment for Medicare Beneficiaries Diagnosed as Having Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer, According to Primary Care Physician Visit, Patient Age, and Patient Como...
In radical EBRT for prostate cancer, InterPM of the prostate is an issue in local control. Although we cannot compare the results of TPUS-IGRT in our study with those of patients in which TPUS-IGRT was not performed, at this time, we believe that the results of TPUS-IGRT in our stud...
Treatment guidelines recommend that curative radiation treatment of prostate cancer be offered only to men whose life expectancy is greater than 10 years. The average life expectancy of North American males is less than 10 years after age 75, yet many me
Furthermore, controlling for age, comorbidity, and risk, older men with high-risk tumors receiving local therapy had a 46% reduction in mortality compared with those treated conservatively.Older patients are more likely to have high-risk prostate cancer at diagnosis and less likely to receive ...
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer that can affect men; only skin cancer is more common. The median age for being diagnosed with prostate cancer is 66, with 60% of all new diagnoses of prostate cancer being given to men over 65 years old. Prostate cancer is not...
Bone metastasis is a common complication of cancer, caused by most types of malignancies, and frequently occurs in patients with breast cancer (65–75%), prostate cancer (65–90%), lung cancer (17–64%), or renal cancer (20–25%) [1]. The spine is the most common site for metastatic...
Although there is little evidence to link therapeutic 131I to the development of cancer, its extensive medical use indicates the need for additional evaluation. Objective.— To evaluate cancer mortality among hyperthyroid patients, particularly after 131I treatment. Design.— A retrospective cohort ...