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Figure 2 Pie charts indicating primary treatment patterns in the USA stratified by age
Figure 2 | Pie charts indicating primary treatment patterns in the USA stratified by age. The increased ageing population means that clinicians are more often faced with the need to tailor prostate cancer care to elderly patients. Younger patients (<64 years) are most often treated with surgery, with over 50% of men undergoing radical prostatectomy. As patients age, the likelihood of undergoing prostatectomy decreases, with only 33% of men aged years and 4% of men aged > 75 years receiving surgical treatment. As populations live longer and prostate cancer is diagnosed in a higher proportion of elderly men, a lack of consideration of life expectancy and comorbidities means that the disproportionate number of elderly patients who do not receive treatment is likely to increase.
Kalra, S. et al. (2016) The implications of aging and life expectancy in prostate cancer treatment
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