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Applied Diagnostic Techniques: A Decisive Factor in the Long‐term T‐year Survival Rate in Prostatic Carcinoma
Author(s) -
TRASTI H.,
NILSSON S.,
PETERSON L.E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1979.tb02847.x
Subject(s) - grading (engineering) , medicine , oncology , survival rate , carcinoma , clinical trial , biology , ecology
Summary– It is shown from statistical data reported to the Swedish Cancer Registry that in cases of prostatic carcinoma the long‐term T‐year survival rate is the final outcome of a complex interplay of multiple factors including diagnostic technology and techniques for staging and grading. Assessment of the value of specific therapy is not possible except in controlled clinical trials. The T‐year survival rate per se does not give an accurate estimate of the effect of treatment.