Actively monitoring early-stage prostate cancer offers the same long-term survival rate as having surgery or radiation to treat the cancer, according to a new study.
The option will allow many men to avoid treatment side effects that can cause problems with urinary, bowel, and sexual function.
. “Patients and clinicians can and should take their time to weigh up the benefits and possible harms of different treatments in the knowledge that this will not adversely affect their survival.”and presented at a meeting of the European Association of Urology. The study evaluated three different courses of treatment among more than 1,600 men living in the United Kingdom. These men were newly diagnosed with localized prostate cancer between 1999 and 2009.
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the U.S., killing 33,000 men in 2020. Theis part of the male reproductive system and is located just below the bladder. It’s the size of a walnut and surrounds the urethra, which is the tube that empties urine from the bladder. The prostate gland produces fluid that is part of semen.
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