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Self-Reported Health Status Predicts Other-Cause Mortality in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer: Results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study.


AUTHORS

Hoffman RM , Koyama T , Albertsen PC , Barry MJ , Daskivich TJ , Goodman M , Hamilton AS , Stanford JL , Stroup AM , Potosky AL , Penson DF , . Journal of general internal medicine. 2015 2 13; ().
  • NIHMSID: 8605834

ABSTRACT

Guidelines recommend against treating localized prostate cancer (PCa) in men with a greater than 10-year life expectancy. However, physicians have difficulty accurately estimating life expectancy.


Guidelines recommend against treating localized prostate cancer (PCa) in men with a greater than 10-year life expectancy. However, physicians have difficulty accurately estimating life expectancy.


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