Cancer-specific and other-cause mortality after radical prostatectomy versus observation in patients with prostate cancer: competing-risks analysis of a large North American population-based cohort.

  • Firas Abdollah
  • Maxine Sun
  • Jan Schmitges
  • Zhe Tian
  • Claudio Jeldres
  • Alberto Briganti
  • Shahrohk F Shariat
  • Paul Perrotte
  • Francesco Montorsi
  • Pierre I Karakiewicz

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Abstract

Initial treatment options for low-risk clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa) include radical prostatectomy (RP) or observation.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN0302-2838
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21741762