Age No Barrier to Prostate Cancer Tx, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Reveals

MedPageToday -- Decisions about prostate cancer treatment may rely too heavily on age, research suggests. In a study of nearly 12,000 men, older patients were less likely to get local therapy, regardless of disease risk, Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH, of the University of California San Francisco, and colleagues reported online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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