According to newly published data in JAMA Internal Medicine and discussed on the Reuters web site today, “physician characteristics may play a larger role than disease characteristics when it comes to how patients with low-risk prostate cancer are initially treated.” This won’t come as a big surprise to most experienced prostate cancer advocates. … READ MORE …
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