Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer — 29-Year Follow-up

2018489 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Anna Bill‐Axelson

Lars Holmberg

Hans Garmo · Regional Research Council in Uppsala-Örebro Region

Kimmo Taari · King's College London

Christer Busch · Örebro University

Stig Nordling · King's College London

Michael Häggman

Swen‐Olof Andersson · Karolinska Institutet

Abstract

Men with clinically detected, localized prostate cancer and a long life expectancy benefited from radical prostatectomy, with a mean of 2.9 years of life gained. A high Gleason score and the presence of extracapsular extension in the radical prostatectomy specimens were highly predictive of death from prostate cancer. (Funded by the Swedish Cancer Society and others.).

Topics & Keywords

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 379, Issue 24, pp. 2319-2329

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1807801

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