Loeb S, Zhu X, Schroder FH, Roobol MJ.
“Long-term radical prostatectomy outcomes among participants from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) Rotterdam.”
BJU International epub Sept 21, 2012. PMID: 22998182.
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22998182
This study compared the outcomes of prostate cancer treatment between men in the screening and control arms of the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer Screening (ERSPC). Men from the screening arm had a significantly higher progression-free survivial, metastasis-free survival, and cancer-specific survival compared to controls. Improved surgical outcomes among screened men appeared to be mediated by the lower tumor volume at diagnosis. These results show that early detection and successful treatment go hand-in-hand.