Survival rates for patients with prostate cancer better with surgery vrs radiotherapy
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 11:11
in Health & Medicine
A rigorous evaluation of survival rates has shown that cancer patients with localised prostate cancer -- the most common form of prostate cancer -- have a better chance of survival if treated by surgery than by radiotherapy. This is the most robust analysis (meta-analysis) to date of published literature comparing surgery and radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer.