Short- and long-term mortality with localized prostate cancer

Merglen, Arnaud; Schmidlin, Franz; Fioretta, Gérald; Verkooijen, Helena; Rapiti Aylward, Elisabetta; Zanetti, Roberto; Miralbell, Raymond; Bouchardy Magnin, Christine

doi:10.1001/archinte.167.18.1944

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Short- and long-term mortality with localized prostate cancer

ContributorsMerglen, Arnaud; Schmidlin, Franz; Fioretta, Gérald; Verkooijen, Helena; Rapiti Aylward, Elisabetta; Zanetti, Roberto; Miralbell, Raymond; Bouchardy Magnin, Christine

Published inArchives of internal medicine, vol. 167, no. 18, p. 1944-1950

Publication date2007

Abstract

No clear guidelines exist for managing localized prostate cancer because clinical studies have not yet established which treatment provides the best long-term outcome. We assessed the effect of treatment on prostate cancer-specific mortality considering the determinants of treatment and prognosis.

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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cohort Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Proportional Hazards Models
Prostatectomy
Prostatic Neoplasms/mortality/radiotherapy/surgery/therapy
Survival Rate

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MERGLEN, Arnaud et al. Short- and long-term mortality with localized prostate cancer. In: Archives of internal medicine, 2007, vol. 167, n° 18, p. 1944–1950. doi: 10.1001/archinte.167.18.1944

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PID : unige:35041
DOI : 10.1001/archinte.167.18.1944
PMID : 17923593

Journal ISSN0003-9926

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Short- and long-term mortality with localized prostate cancer

No clear guidelines exist for managing localized prostate cancer because clinical studies have not yet established which treatment provides the best long-term outcome. We assessed the effect of treatment on prostate cancer-specific mortality considering the determinants of treatment and prognosis.

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