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Epidemiologic studies and changing clinical practice

Nature Reviews Urology volume 9, pages 676–677 (2012)Cite this article

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A large Swedish population-based study has shown that 15-year prostate-cancer-related mortality rates are negligible for men with low-risk cancers treated noncuratively, but significant for those with intermediate-risk and high-risk tumours. Such data support current trends towards active surveillance for low-risk disease and aggressive multimodal treatment for advanced carcinomas.

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    Giacomo Novara & Vincenzo Ficarra

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Novara, G., Ficarra, V. Epidemiologic studies and changing clinical practice. Nat Rev Urol 9, 676–677 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2012.203

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