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http://hdl.handle.net/11434/159| Title: | The current use of active surveillance in an Australian cohort of men: a pattern of care analysis from the Prostate Cancer Registry. |
| Epworth Authors: | Frydenberg, Mark Lawrentschuk, Nathan Bolton, Damien Murphy, Declan |
| Other Authors: | Weerakoon, Mahesha Evans, Sue Millar, Jeremy |
| Keywords: | Prostate Cancer Urology Active Surveillance Prostatectomy Registry Clinical Institute of Specialty Surgery Epworth Healthcare, Richmond, Victoria, Australia Epworth Prostate Centre, Epworth Healthcare, Richmond, Victoria, Australia Neoplasms |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2015 |
| Citation: | 2015 Apr;115 Suppl 5:50-6 |
| Abstract: | Prostate cancer is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality amongst Australian men, with more men being diagnosed with low-risk disease due to individualised opportunistic screening. To minimise side effects of treatment, active surveillance (AS) has been established as a feasible management option intent for curative treatment of disease progression. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11434/159 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bju.13049 |
| PubMed URL: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25601201 |
| ISSN: | 1464-410X |
| Journal Title: | British Journal of Urology International |
| Type: | Journal Article |
| Affiliated Organisations: | Department of Surgery, Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Melbourne, VIC. Australia. Prostate Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC. Australia. University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia. The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne VIC, Australia. |
| Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Cohort Study |
| Appears in Collections: | Cancer Services Epworth Prostate Centre UroRenal, Vascular |
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