Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Practice Point
  • Published:

Does active treatment improve survival in elderly men with localized prostate cancer?

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Albertsen PC et al. (2007) 13-year outcomes following treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer in a population based cohort. J Urol 177: 932–936

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. D'Amico AV et al. (2003) Cancer-specific mortality after surgery or radiation for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer managed during the prostate-specific antigen era. J Clin Oncol 21: 2163–2172

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Hernan MA and Robins JM (2006) Instruments for causal inference: an epidemiologist's dream? Epidemiology 17: 360–372

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Chun FK et al. (2007) Role of nomograms for prostate cancer in 2007. World J Urol 25: 131–142

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The synopsis was written by Tamsin Osborne, Freelance Medical Writer.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Peter H Gann.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Wright, M., Gann, P. Does active treatment improve survival in elderly men with localized prostate cancer?. Nat Rev Urol 4, 420–421 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0857

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0857

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing