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 …

Deferred treatment of clinically localized low grade prostate cancer: the experience from a prospective series at the Karolinska Hospital

J Adolfsson, L Rönström, T Löwhagen… - The Journal of …, 1994 - Elsevier
Abstract From 1978 to 1982, 172 patients with stages T1 to 3NxM0 prostate cancer were
included in a surveillance protocol with deferred treatment on symptomatic progression …

Deferred treatment of locally advanced nonmetastatic prostate cancer: a long-term followup

JAN ADOLFSSON, G STEINECK… - The Journal of …, 1999 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We prospectively investigated long-term survival in select men with locally
advanced, nonmetastatic prostate cancer managed with deferred treatment. Materials and …

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 …

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 …

Mortality of patients with clinically localized prostate cancer treated with observation for 10 years or longer: a population based registry study

K Brasso, S FRIIS, K JUEL, T JORGENSEN… - The Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We studied the outcome in patients with early and probably organ confined
prostate cancer who were considered candidates for curative therapy and treated …

Observation alone in the management of localized prostate cancer: the natural history of untreated disease

IM Thompson - Urology, 1994 - Elsevier
Objective. To review the data from a series of patients with localized prostate cancer
managed with observation alone. When available, cancer-specific survival was analyzed …

Expectant management and the natural history of localized prostate cancer.

WJ Catalona - The Journal of urology, 1994 - europepmc.org
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Deferred treatment of low grade stage T3 prostate cancer without distant metastases

J Adolfsson - The Journal of urology, 1993 - Elsevier
Fifty patients with extracapsular prostate cancer without known distant metastases were
included in a protocol of surveillance followed by deferred treatment of progression. The …

Natural history of early, localized prostate cancer: a final report from three decades of follow-up

M Popiolek, JR Rider, O Andrén, SO Andersson… - European urology, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Most localized prostate cancers are believed to have an indolent course.
Within 15 yr of diagnosis, most deaths among men with prostate cancer (PCa) can be …