Abstract:149 Background: Denmark introduced radical prostatectomy (RP) as the last Nordic country in 1995. Since then, a rapid increment in the Danish incidence of prostate cancer (PCa) is indicative of increasing opportunistic prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. We hypothesized that an increasing proportion of men undergo RP for lower-risk PCa. Methods: All patients undergoing RP in Denmark between 1995 and 2011 were included. Changes over time in age at surgery, preoperative PSA, clinical T-category, biopsy Gle… Show more
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