Reuters Health - NEW YORK |
Prostate cancer
surgery didn't appear to save lives compared with observation alone in a
new study that tracked men for a decade after their diagnosis.
However, nearly twice as many
men who had surgery reported incontinence and impotence after two years,
researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"These
are very compelling data," said Dr. Durado Brooks, director of prostate
and colorectal cancers at the American Cancer Society, who was not
involved in the research.
Both he
and study author Dr. Timothy Wilt of the University of Minnesota School
of Medicine said the results suggest that many men who have received
surgery in the past probably didn't need it.
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