Open AccessPrimary Treatment Choice Over Time and Relative Survival of Prostate Cancer Patients: Influence of Age, Grade, and Stage
Author(s) -
Katarina L Matthes,
Manuela Limam,
Silvia Dehler,
Dimitri Korol,
Sabine Rohrmann
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oncology research and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 2296-5262
pISSN - 2296-5270
DOI - 10.1159/000477096
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , watchful waiting , androgen deprivation therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , relative survival , incidence (geometry) , gastroenterology , demography , cancer , cancer registry , sociology , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
The aim of this study was to assess associations of stage, grade, and age with the primary treatment of prostate cancer (PCa) patients comparing the incidence years 2000/2001 and 2012/2013, and to estimate the relative survival (RS) for patients diagnosed in 2000/2001.