Follow-up of Prostatectomy versus Observation for Early Prostate Cancer.

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We previously found no significant differences in mortality between men who underwent surgery for localized prostate cancer and those who were treated with observation only. Uncertainty persists regarding nonfatal health outcomes and long-term mortality.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): N Engl J Med

Title: The New England journal of medicine

Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society

ISSN (Electronic): 1533-4406

ISSN (Print): 0028-4793

Publication date (Electronic): July 13 2017

Volume: 377

Issue: 2

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[1 ] From the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System and Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research and the Section of General Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis (T.J.W.); the VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Perry Point, MD (K.M.J.); the General Medicine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.J.B.); the Division of Urology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (G.L.A.); the Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City (D.C.); the Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (T.W.); VA Medical Center, Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles (W.J.A.); and Myriad Genetics Laboratories, Salt Lake City (M.K.B.).

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DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1615869

PubMed ID: 28700844

SO-VID: 657dfc82-ec70-4dc5-ab46-5bea5354a3bc

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