Radical prostatectomy: palliation for stage C carcinoma of the prostate.
An objective comparison is made of patients with stage C carcinoma of the prostate treated with radical prostatectomy versus more conservative measures. Morbidity from local manifestations of the tumor left in situ was markedly increased, whereas those patients afforded an extirpative operation had a much improved quality of life.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*