A new study finds that prostate cancer surgery to remove the entire gland offers the best chance of male patients surviving the disease
A new study confirms that surgery is a really good choice for many men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The study finds that men have the best chance for long term survival if their prostate gland is removed after they are diagnosed with the disease.
For the study Dr. Arnaud Merglen and colleagues at Geneva University in Switzerland studied data from a registry containing 844 men diagnosed with the disease.
They found that within the initial 5 years of treatment the length of survival did not vary that much depending on what form of treatment men received.
But after 10 years, "patients treated with radiotherapy or watchful waiting had a significantly increased risk of death from prostate cancer compared with patients who underwent prostatectomy (removal of the gland)," the study said.
After 10 years, the survival rates were: 83% for prostate gland removal,75% for radiation, 72% for waiting, 41% for hormone therapy and 71% for other forms of treatment.
"There is growing evidence from observational studies that prostatectomy offers the best chance of long-term specific survival in men with localized prostate cancer, in particular younger patients and those with poorly differentiated tumors," the study concluded.
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