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Surgery versus radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer
Author(s) -
Sooriakumaran Prasanna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.430
Subject(s) - prostatectomy , prostate cancer , radiation therapy , medicine , observational study , surgery , prostate , cancer , urology
Even though there have been no controlled trials comparing the effectiveness of radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy for treatment of localised prostate cancer, there is substantial observational evidence in favour of surgery.