title: Need for hospital care and palliative treatment for prostate cancer treated with noncurative intent.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We investigate the ultimate need for palliative treatments and hospital care in prostate cancer patients treated with noncurative intent.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis was done of 514 prostate cancer patients who died between 1988 and 1990.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the patients who later died of prostate cancer 61% needed 1 or more palliative treatments (transurethral resection of the prostate, radiation treatment or upper urinary tract diversion) before death. An average of 5 weeks was spent in the hospital due to prostate cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients who failed deferred treatment (thus dying of prostate cancer) needed a considerable amount of hospital care and palliative therapy before they ultimately died of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Göteborg University, Ostra Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hugosson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Norlén
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate