Posted on November 16, 2012 by Sitemaster
A new article in European Urology offers interesting data on the natural history of localized prostate cancer, based on a cohort of 200+ Swedish patients followed for > 30 years. It is important to note immediately that none of these men was originally diagnosed in the PSA era. They all had some form of symptomatic disease at diagnosis. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: follow-up, long-term, monitoring, natural history, observation | 17 Comments »
Posted on March 31, 2011 by Sitemaster
It has been well understood for years that biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy does not always translate into systemic progression or necessarily lead to prostate cancer metastasis and death. The “natural history” of BCR is actually very variable. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: biochemical recurrence, natural history, outcome, prostatectomy, surgery | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 2, 2010 by Sitemaster
In a presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Urology Association earlier this year, researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) provided some interesting data on the natural history of prostate cancer in patients initially diagnosed with low-risk disease. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: active surveillance, focal therapy, low risk, natural history, outcome | 3 Comments »
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