Older Men with Intermediate to High Risk Prostate Cancer-Patterns of Care and Outcomes of Treatment

• 作 者: Emma B. Holliday Gregory P. Sw
• 机 构: DepartmentofBiostatistics,DepartmentofMedicine,DepartmentofUrology,DepartmentsofRadiationOncologyand
• 出 处: 癌症治疗(英文)
• 发表日期: 2012年5期
• 关键词: PROSTATE CANCER ELDERLY Age Effect Prostate Cancer Elderly Age Effect

There is significant controversy on how aggressively to treat older men with prostate cancer. We identified 1082 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer from 1998-2008 with Gleason score ≥ 7 on biopsy or prostatectomy pathology in the South Texas Veteran’