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Overtreatment of men with early‐stage prostate cancer and limited life expectancy
Author(s) -
Danzig Matthew R.,
McKiernan James M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.28927
Subject(s) - medicine , life expectancy , prostate cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , radiation therapy , gynecology , cancer stage , intensive care medicine , cancer , general surgery , gerontology , surgery , paleontology , population , environmental health , biology
The accompanying article by Daskivich et al explores, with rigorous methodology, the issue of the overtreatment of men with early stage prostate cancer and limited life expectancy. Particular attention should be paid to the finding of the predominance of radiotherapy in this group, which should not be considered a benign alternative to surgery given the evidence for long‐term morbidity after this treatment.