Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many men with lower life expectancy and localized prostate cancer get overtreated. Rates of definitive treatment ...

Overtreatment of older prostate cancer patients with a limited life expectancy has increased over the past two decades among men receiving care in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health system, researchers ...

Dr. William Russell specializes in radiation oncology in Baton Rouge. He graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1984. Russell is double-board certified in internal medicine ...

What Prostate Cancer Survival Rates Tell Us Can Prostate Cancer Be Cured? Screening and Early Detection Lead to Better Survival Prostate cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, ...

Overtreatment of men with prostate cancer and limited life expectancy (LE) has persisted in the era of active surveillance and worsened in some instances, according to a new study. “Overtreatment of ...

Clinicians must appropriately assess life expectancy and take steps to avoid prostate cancer overtreatment. Even in the active surveillance era, overtreatment persists among men with limited life ...

Patients with nonmetastatic prostate cancer are more likely to die from other causes than from cancer when treated per guidelines. The 15-year cancer mortality risk is 5.5% for low-risk and 22% for ...

Risk of death and cause of death 30 years after diagnosis as a proportion of 100 men. Grey figures indicate the proportion of men alive after 30 years, blue figures the proportion of men who died of ...