Journal Reviews

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Prostate cancer mortality among elderly men after discontinuing organised screening

4 March 2024 | | Urologic Oncology | Elderly men, Mortality, Overdetection, Prostate-specific antigen, Prostatic neoplasms, Screening

This study presents ground-breaking insights into discontinuing prostate cancer (PCa) screening in previously screened elderly men, aiming to mitigate the risk of overdiagnosis and overtreatment in the face of other-cause mortality. Examining men aged 70–74 who had undergone prostate specific...

Adjuvant radiotherapy versus wait-and-see after radical prostatectomy

1 September 2014 | | Urologic Oncology | Adjuvant radiotherapy, Prostate cancer, Prostate-specific antigen, Radical prostatectomy, Wait-and-see

Optimum treatment modalities in prostate cancer continue to evolve, with debates at each stage of the evolution process, from focal therapy to radical treatment. In this randomised study, Wiegel et al. investigated the role of adjuvant radiotherapy following open radical...