Cancer related deaths are unusual within 5 to 10 years after surgery or radiation therapy in men with stages T1b and 2 prostate cancer. The risk of death during this interval is directly related to the severity of co-morbid conditions, which should be factored in an individual when assessing the advisability of therapeutic intervention. Since patient co-morbidities impact all cause survival, quantitative assessment of co-morbidities using validated instruments offers a method to control partially for the variabilities of health status among men receiving different treatments for localized prostate cancer.
Cancer related deaths are unusual within 5 to 10 years after surgery or radiation therapy in men with stages T1b and 2 prostate cancer. The risk of death during this interval is directly related to the severity of co-morbid conditions, which should be factored in an individual when assessing the advisability of therapeutic intervention. Since patient co-morbidities impact all cause survival, quantitative assessment of co-morbidities using validated instruments offers a method to control partially for the variabilities of health status among men receiving different treatments for localized prostate cancer.
Race appears to have no impact on the stage specific actuarial survivals in men with localized prostate cancer treated with surgery or radiation therapy in an equal access health care system.
Race appears to have no impact on the stage specific actuarial survivals in men with localized prostate cancer treated with surgery or radiation therapy in an equal access health care system.
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