Commentary RE: Effect of radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer on patient quality of life: results from a Medicare survey

In the early 1990 ’s, the increasingly widespread use of prostate-specific antigen as a screening test resulted in an impressive “spike” in the incidence of prostate cancer, unprecedented in the history of oncology. Men with clinically localized cancers facing treatment generally had to decide among radical pro statectomy, external beam radiation therapy, and some form of expectant management. Our group had documented that rates of radical prostatectomy among Medicare beneficiaries increased fivefold between 1984 and 1990.
Source: Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Source Type: research