Natural course of localized prostate cancer. a personal view with a review of published papers.

J Hugosson, G Aus - Anticancer research, 1997 - europepmc.org
The course of untreated localized prostate cancer after 10 years of follow-up is at large
unknown. As curative treatment is usually only offered patients with a life expectancy …

Natural history of clinically localized prostate cancer

MJ Barry - Seminars in Surgical Oncology, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The natural history of clinically localized prostate cancer is controversial. However, the data
that is available suggests outcomes are good for men with well and moderately …

The diagnostic and therapeutic window for localized carcinoma of the prostate.

HP Schmid - Annales d'urologie, 1994 - europepmc.org
The natural history of prostate cancer has been regarded as unpredictable for a long period
of time. The discrepancy between histologically identifiable (40%) and clinically diagnosed …

The risk of dying of prostate cancer in patients with clinically localized disease

SP Lerner, C Seale-Hawkins, CE Carlton Jr… - The Journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
Abstract From 1966 to 1979, 360 patients with clinical stages A2, B and Cl prostate cancer
underwent staging pelvic lymphadenectomy, and completed a course of combined …

Deferred treatment of clinically localized low-grade prostate cancer: actual 10-year and projected 15-year follow-up of the Karolinska series

J Adolfsson, G Steineck, PO Hedlund - Urology, 1997 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To review the outcome in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer
managed conservatively. METHODS: A total of 122 patients with palpable, clinically …

Localized prostate cancer and 30 years of follow-up in a population-based setting

J Adolfsson, H Oksanen, JO Salo… - Prostate cancer and …, 2000 - nature.com
Some patients with a histopathological diagnosis of prostate cancer have a tumour that
behaves benignly during long-term follow-up. The proportion of patients with such a tumour …

Survival of men with clinically localized prostate cancer detected in the eighth decade of life

DA Corral, RR Bahnson - The Journal of urology, 1994 - Elsevier
We reviewed our experience with the management of men 70 to 79 years old with clinically
localized prostate cancer to determine whether surgical candidates were likely to die of …

Long-term impact of conservative management on localized prostate cancer: a twenty-year experience in Japan

S Egawa, M Go, S Kuwao, K Shoji, T Uchida… - Urology, 1993 - Elsevier
The clinical outcome of 107 patients with localized prostate cancers over the past twenty
years was analyzed retrospectively. Immediate endocrine therapy was administered in 55 …

Recent results of management of palpable clinically localized prostate cancer

J Adolfsson, G Steineck, WF Whitmore Jr - Cancer, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Background. There is uncertainty regarding if, when, and how localized prostate cancer
should be managed. Methods. To examine evidence of a beneficial effect of aggressive …

The natural history of locally confined prostate cancer: a review

WR Fair - The Prostate, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
The incidence of prostate cancer rises steeply in men over the age of 50 years. Mortality due
to prostate cancer also increases, but not at the same rate as the incidence. In the USA, a …