Tag: age stratification

Radical Prostatectomy versus Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer

This 2011 study from the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study Number 4 (SPCG-4) compared radical prostatectomy to watchful waiting in 695 men with early-stage prostate cancer over a median follow-up of 12.8 years. The findings indicated that radical prostatectomy significantly reduced prostate cancer-specific mortality (14.6% vs. 20.7% at 15 years;

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Association of Testosterone Therapy With Risk of Venous Thromboembolism Among Men With and Without Hypogonadism

This case-crossover study analyzed data from 39,622 men aged 57.4 years on average, using the IBM MarketScan and Medicare Supplemental databases (2011–2017). It assessed the short-term risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with testosterone therapy (TT) in men with and without hypogonadism. TT was linked to a significantly increased risk

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