Friday 20 July 2012

Study: Surgery no better than observation for localized prostate cancer

News posted at American Cancer Society on July 18: A study by researchers from across the U.S. has found that men with localized prostate cancer lived just as long whether or not they had prostate-removal surgery. The study is published in the July 19, 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Study mentioned: Radical Prostatectomy versus Observation for Localized Prostate Cancer. Published in the July 19, 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (Vol. 367, No. 3). PMID:22808955

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