title: Applied diagnostic techniques: a decisive factor in the long-term T-year survival rate in prostatic carcinoma.
abstract: Ii is shown from statistical data reported to the Swedish Cancer Registry that in cases of prostatic carcinoma the long-term T-year survival rate is the final outcome of a complex interplay of multiple factors including diagnostic technology and techniques for staging and grading. Assessment of the value of specific therapy is not possible except in controlled clinical trials. The T-year survival rate per se does not give an accurate estimate of the effect of treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012042:Registries; D012306:Risk; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors