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- Title
Active Surveillance Compared With Initial Treatment for Men With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Decision Analysis.
- Authors
Hayes, Julia H.; Ollendorf, Daniel A.; Pearson, Steven D.; Barry, Michael J.; Kantoff, Philip W.; Stewart, Susan T.; Bhatnagar, Vibha; Sweeney, Christopher J.; Stahl, James E.; McMahon, Pamela M.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study which examined the quality-of-life benefits and risks of active surveillance compared with initial treatment for men with low-risk, clinically localized prostate cancer. Study participants were treated at diagnosis with brachytherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy or followed up by active surveillance. Results indicated that active surveillance for a 65-year-old man is a reasonable approach to low-risk prostate cancer based on quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) compared with initial treatment.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; PROSTATE cancer; LIFE expectancy; HEALTH expectancy; LONGEVITY; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIOISOTOPE brachytherapy
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2010, Vol 304, Issue 21, p2373
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2010.1720