Patients' Survival Expectations before Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment by Treatment Status
Open Access
- 1 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) in The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
- Vol. 22 (3) , 247-256
- https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.03.080200
Abstract
Background: Cancer-specific mortality is projected to be only 1% in 15 years in approximately 75% of patients with screen-detected localized prostate cancer (LPC). Nearly 94% of patients choose treatment even though treatment damages health-related quality of life. No data are available regarding what survival benefit patients expected from treatment.Keywords
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