Prostatectomy in patients with PSA > 20 ng/ml

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Sitemaster

Some years have passed since D’Amico and colleagues developed their risk classification system for newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients which placed any patient with a PSA > 20 ng/ml into the high-risk category. And since the introduction of that classification system, we are aware of limited data on the long-term outcomes of surgical treatment of men who fall into that category. … READ MORE …

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All the prostate cancer news for Friday, August 8

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Sitemaster

Today’s news items all focus on issues that are closely connected to the recent and controversial  guidelines issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force:

  • The accuracy of current methods for predicting the likelihood of clinically insignificant (indolent) prostate cancer
  • The management of patients found to have incidental prostate cancer on treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and
  • The risks of overtreatment of men in their 70s and 80s after a diagnosis of prostate cancer … READ MORE …

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