Prostate cancer mortality is high in the elderly and can be reduced by selective individualized curative treatment

Kim Moretti; Sina Vatandoust; Ganessan Kichenadasse; Michael E O'Callaghan; Andrew D Vincent; Tina Kopsaftis; Scott Walsh; Martin Borg; Chris Karapetis

doi:10.1007/s00345-018-2312-9

Prostate cancer mortality is high in the elderly and can be reduced by selective individualized curative treatment

World J Urol. 2018 Nov;36(11):1799-1800. doi: 10.1007/s00345-018-2312-9. Epub 2018 May 10.

Authors

Kim Moretti^{1

2

3

4

5}, Sina Vatandoust^{6

7

8}, Ganessan Kichenadasse^{6

7

8}, Michael E O'Callaghan^{6

7

9

10

8}, Andrew D Vincent^{6

10}, Tina Kopsaftis⁶, Scott Walsh⁶, Martin Borg^{6

9

11}, Chris Karapetis^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. kim@theurologist.net.au.
² School of Population Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia. kim@theurologist.net.au.
³ South Australian Prostate Cancer Clinical Outcomes Collaborative (SA-PCCOC), Adelaide, South Australia. kim@theurologist.net.au.
⁴ Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health, Adelaide, Australia. kim@theurologist.net.au.
⁵ Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. kim@theurologist.net.au.
⁶ South Australian Prostate Cancer Clinical Outcomes Collaborative (SA-PCCOC), Adelaide, South Australia.
⁷ Department of Medical Oncology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia.
⁸ Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia.
⁹ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
¹⁰ Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health, Adelaide, Australia.
¹¹ Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre, Adelaide, Australia.

PMID: 29748854
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-018-2312-9

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Australia
Cohort Studies
Geriatric Assessment / methods*
Humans
Male
Neoplasm Grading
Patient Selection
Precision Medicine / methods
Prostatectomy / methods
Prostatectomy / mortality*
Prostatic Neoplasms / mortality*
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
Prostatic Neoplasms / therapy*
Radiotherapy / methods
Radiotherapy / mortality*
Risk Assessment
SEER Program