USA: Prostate cancer overtreatment with limited life expectancy...

USA: Prostate cancer overtreatment with limited life expectancy…

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Friday, November 15, 2024

Los Angeles – Despite the general trend toward active surveillance for prostate cancer, overtreatment of men with limited life expectancy has increased in the United States, particularly when it comes to radiation therapy. This is shown by a study with US veterans that has now been published in JAMA Internal Medicine (2024; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.5994). The treatment decision for localized prostate cancer depends on various…

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