Oncological effect of palliative transurethral resection of the prostate in patients with advanced prostate cancer: a propensity score matching study.

CONCLUSIONS: The oncologic effect of pTURP as cytoreductive operation seems to be limited. Patients who had to receive pTURP due to cancer-related symptoms, especially early necessity of pTURP (within 3 months after biopsy), showed worse clinical courses; therefore, they should be treated more carefully and actively. PMID: 29417257 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Source: Clinical Prostate Cancer - March 22, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Choi SY, Ryu J, You D, Jeong IG, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS Tags: J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Source Type: research