Daniel Taussky1, Aihua Liu2, Michal Abrahamowicz2, Eve Léger-Bélanger1, Jean-Paul Bahary1, Marie-Claude Beauchemin1, Thu Van Nguyen1, David Donath1, Fred Saad3
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.15, No.6, pp. 4415-4420, 2008
Abstract Objective: The present study aimed to analyze factors influencing treatment decisions in patients diagnosed with low risk prostate cancer who were referred to a brachytherapy clinic and had to choose from four treatment options: expectant management (watchful waiting), radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy, and permanent seed brachytherapy.
Methods: We analyzed factors that influenced the treatment decisions of 110 consecutive patients with low risk prostate cancer who were referred to a brachytherapy clinic in a hospital in Montreal, Canada. These factors included patient age, marital status, and profession, as well as referral source (a urologist or a… More >
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