Study results could form road map to guide prostate cancer treatment decisions

Written by Ilana Landau, Editor

The 5-year results of a prospective, population-based study, involving more than 2000 men across the USA with localized prostate cancer, could form a road map for use by newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients to help guide their treatment choices and expectations. Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC; TN, USA) have released follow-up results from their prospective, population-based Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Surgery And Radiation (CEASAR) for localized prostate cancer study. The results detail the 5-year health outcomes of 2005 diverse men from across the USA who received radiation, surgery or active surveillance treatment regimens for their prostate cancer. Investigators...

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