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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

Bratt O, Folkvaljon Y, Hjalm Eriksson M, Akre O, Carlsson S, Drevin L, Franck Lissbrant I, Makarov D, Loeb S, Stattin P.

“Undertreatment of Men in Their Seventies with High-risk Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer.”

European Urology 2015 epub. PMID: 25813688.

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25813688

Using data from national Swedish registries, this study showed that many healthy men in their seventies live for at least another 10 years. Despite this long life expectancy, men in their seventies with high-risk nonmetastatic prostate cancer often did not receive treatment with radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy, possibly because their life expectancy was underestimated. This study highlights the need for improved clinical decision-making, which should incorporate an assessment of the patient’s life expectancy.

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