Rise in high-end treatment for low-risk prostate cancer

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Rise in high-end treatment for low-risk prostate cancer

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The proportion of U.S. men with early, slow-growing prostate cancer who received robotic surgery and other expensive treatments increased between 2004 and 2009, according to a new study. Researchers found that use of those therapies also rose among men who were unlikely to die from prostate cancer because they were sick with other chronic diseases when their cancer was diagnosed. ...

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