Management of low (favourable)-risk prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT: What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Most men who are diagnosed with favourable-risk prostate cancer undergo some form of active intervention, despite evidence that treatment will not improve health outcomes for many. The decision to undergo treatment after diagnosis is, in part, related to the inability to precisely determine the long-term risk of harm without treatment. Nevertheless, physicians should consider patient age, overall health, and preferences for living with cancer and the potential side effects of curative treatments, before recommending a management option. This is especially important for older men, given the high level of evidence that those with low-risk disease are unlikely to accrue any benefit from curative intervention. What is known on the subje

SUBMITTER: Carter HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4086468 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature