However, although a PSA velocity greater than 2.0 identified 100% of patients dying of prostate cancer within 10 years ... therefore still warranted in favorable-risk patients with a rapid PSADT ...

Only 3 of 331 patients had died of prostate cancer at the writing of this article ... the same pattern of clinical progression: initial favorable prognostic factors; rapid rise in PSA which ...

Do you consider the cancer measurements to be small, thus making the “observation only” protocol correct? — B.A. Dear B.A.: ...

Overtreatment of older prostate cancer ... treatment among men with intermediate-risk disease increased from 37.6% to 59.8%, with increases observed for both favorable intermediate-risk disease ...

If you do have prostate cancer that is confined to the organ, your five-year survival rate is nearly 100%. Evidence shows favorable outcomes when men diagnosed with low-risk or some intermediate ...

I have recently been diagnosed with prostate ... cancer grow untreated. In your case, you have two very small tumors, the size of which puts you at the lowest risk. You have very favorable ...

that included 100 men with low risk or favorable intermediate risk prostate cancer who chose active surveillance. Participants were randomly assigned to either continue their normal diet or follow ...

16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Men who opt for "watchful waiting" instead of treatment for a low-risk prostate ... diagnosed with low- or "favorable intermediate-" level prostate cancers and who ...