Management of Early Prostatic Cancer in the Nordic Countries:Variations in Clinical Policies and Physicians' Attitudes Toward Radical Treatment Options
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- general essays
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Vol. 11 (1) , 66-78
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300005262
Abstract
To explore the treatment of patients with early localized prostatic carcinoma, we surveyed the departments of urology and general surgery in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Clinical policies and physicians' attitudes toward the radical treatment options varied widely between the countries. A correlation seems to exist between practice patterns and national attitudes toward special technologies.Keywords
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