title: The natural history of adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
abstract: All analyses of the efficacy of therapy for prostate cancer must control for the natural history of the disease. Over the past years, several long-term series involving several hundred patients have helped to describe the results of untreated disease. In general, most patients will not die of their disease, although approximately half of the patients will develop disease progression within 10 years. Predictors of progression include tumor stage, grade, and ploidy status.
authors.affiliation: Urology Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas 78234.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Chodak
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011003:Ploidies; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate