Surgery Urged for Men Under 65 Who Have Prostate Cancer

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › May 12, 2005

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A landmark study of one of the most agonizing decisions faced by men with early prostate cancer -- Should I have surgery? Or should I wait and see if it spreads? -- found that for those under 65, operating clearly saves lives, cutting the death rate by more than half.

For men over 65, however, the jury is still out. These men account for the vast majority of prostate cancer patients.

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Surgery Urged for Men Under 65 Who Have Prostate Cancer

Because of the findings, younger men "are much less likely to be encouraged to watch and wait," said Dr. Durado Brooks, director of prostate cancer at the American Ca...

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