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"Watchful Waiting" Linked to Higher Survival Rates in Elderly Prostate Cancer Patients
"Watchful Waiting" Linked to Higher Survival Rates in Elderly Prostate Cancer Patients
B. Bates
20071110
2007 Dec 10
Elsevier Global Medical News
"Watchful Waiting" Linked to Higher Survival Rates in Elderly Prostate Cancer Patients
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2007 Dec 10, B. Bates
VANCOUVER, B.C. (EGMN) - Men live longer when a "watchful waiting" prostate cancer strategy is followed by treatment later in the course of the disease, compared with aggressive initial treatment, Dr. Li Li said at the annual meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group.Dr. Li and his associates from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, conducted a survival analysis using 1991-2001 Medicare-Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) linked data, reviewing the disease course...