Slow-Growing Prostate Cancer May Turn Aggressive
Wed Jun 9, 2004 02:54 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most early-stage prostate cancers take a long time to progress. For this reason, older men with the disease may be offered the option of "watchful waiting" rather than immediate treatment, since the cancer may never become threatening during their lifetime.
However, new research shows that a substantial minority of prostate cancers will progress to an aggressive type after 15 years of watchful waiting.
Dr. Jan-Erik Johansson, from Orebro University Hospital in Sweden, and colleagues report the findings in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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