Prostate cancer survival similar with EBRT/brachytherapy or surgery, analysts claim

The authors noted that “this finding reinforces the importance of complications, particularly in the urinary, sexual, and bowel domains, in combination with patient priorities and preferences, in determining an individual patient’s optimal choice. Significant data have been published in recent years regarding patient-reported outcomes that should be shared with all new patients to help guide them to their personal optimal treatment.”

They added that for some patients, quality of life may be a more important factor than survival when choosing a treatment modality.

SOURCE: Ennis et al. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Feb 28. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.75.9134