Posttreatment surveillance intensity and overall survival in prostate cancer survivors (AFT-30).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Posttreatment surveillance affects millions of cancer survivors, but empiric data to guide clinical practice are lacking. This study assessed whether the intensity of surveillance testing after radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer is associated with overall survival.

Methods

Men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer between 2005 and 2010 who underwent radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy at a Commission on Cancer-accredited facility were randomly sampled. Primary data collected from 10 147 patients sampled across 1007 facilities were linked with existing data from the National Cancer Database. Analysis examined whether intensity of surveillance measured as the number of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests in the first

SUBMITTER: Chen RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11560850 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature