Prostate Cancer

New findings from University of California describe advances in prostate cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 4th, 2009

"Decision making for treatment of localized prostate cancer is often guided by therapeutic side-effect profiles. We sought to assess health-related quality-of-life outcomes for patients 48 months after treatment for localized prostate cancer," scientists in the United States report.

"Men treated for localized prostate cancer (N = 475) were evaluated before treatment and at 11 intervals during the 48 months after intervention. Changes in mean health-related quality-of-life scores and the probability of regaining baseline levels of health-related quality of life were compared between treatment groups. All statistical tests were two-sided. Urinary incontinence was more...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-08-04)

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