Abstract
BACKGROUND: Increasing proportions of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK are presenting with non-metastatic disease. We investigated how treatment trends in this demographic have changed. PATIENT AND METHODS: Non-metastatic cancers diagnosed from 2000-2010 in the UK Anglian Cancer network stratified by age and risk group were analysed [n = 10,365]. Radiotherapy [RT] and prostatectomy [RP] cancer specific survival [CSS] were further compared [n = 4755]. RESULTS: Over the decade we observed a fall in uptake of primary androgen deprivation therapy but a rise in conservative management [CM] and radical therapy [p/= 70y. In multivariate analysis of radically treated men both high-risk disease [HR 8.0 [2.9-22.2], p
Original language | English |
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Journal | PLoS ONE |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 3 |
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Publication status | Published - 2015 |