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Potential overtreatment among men aged 80 years and older with localized prostate cancer in Japan

Despite treatment guidelines recommending observation for men with low‐risk prostate cancer with life expectancy <10 years, a majority of elderly patients choose active treatment, which may result in overtreatment. Given the growing burden of prostate cancer among men aged ≥80 years (super‐elderl...

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Autores principales: Masaoka, Hiroyuki, Ito, Hidemi, Yokomizo, Akira, Eto, Masatoshi, Matsuo, Keitaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28594447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cas.13293

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