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Surgery in metastatic prostate cancer: a pilot study
Author(s) -
Sooriakumaran Prasanna
Publication year - 2017
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.580
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , overall survival , oncology , disease , metastasis , prostate , cancer , surgery
There is some evidence to suggest that radical treatment of the primary tumour in patients diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer can reduce symptomatic progression and increase survival. In this article, the author describes a pilot study to investigate whether a large study looking at survival benefit in early metastatic disease is feasible in the UK and calls for recruits.