Chapters:  Treatment

Highlights from Chapter 4: Treatment in Prostate Cancer Trends, 1973-1995:

• Only treatment data for 1983-1995 are included, as these are the only years with consistent coding. The monograph focuses on treatment patterns in localized and regional stage cancers.
• The increased incidence (1986-1992) was accompanied by increases in more aggressive therapy (radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy) for localized and regional cancers.
• Recent treatment patterns for local/regional cancers vary by age: radical prostatectomy is more frequent among men under age 70, radiation therapy in those age 70-79, and conservative therapy (no treatment or hormonal therapy) in those over age 79.
• Treatment for distant stage cancers has not changed over time with about 65% of patients receiving hormonal therapy.

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