Prostate News Archive
06-May-2011
Prostate Cancer: Early Surgery or Watchful Waiting?
Title: prostate Cancer: Early Surgery or Watchful Waiting? Category: Health News Created: 5/5/2011 11:01:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/5/2011 Prostate Exam Deaths From Superbugs Spur Cancer-Test Inquiry
Shane Greenstein only vaguely recalls being told that a prostate biopsy he had in June was negative for cancer. That?s because within two days of the exam he was in the hospital with a potentially deadly blood infection. Immediate Prostate Cancer Surgery Helps Younger Men, Study Finds
Prostate cancer patients younger than 65 may have a higher change of beating the disease if they undergo surgery immediately after diagnosis rather than waiting for treatment, according to a Swedish study Prostate Exam Deaths Tied to ?Superbug? Ills Spur Inquiries on Cancer Test
Shane Greenstein only vaguely recalls being told that a prostate biopsy he had in June was negative for cancer. That?s because within two days of the exam he was in the hospital with a potentially deadly blood infection. Prostate cancer surgery improves survival in younger men, Swedish study finds, but there are caveats
Surgery for early prostate cancer increases survival by 38% in younger men compared to watchful waiting, a Swedish study finds, but the results may not be applicable in the United States because the patients were diagnosed much later than typical U.S. patients.
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