title: Management of early prostatic cancer in the Nordic countries: variations in clinical policies and physicians' attitudes toward radical treatment options.
abstract: To explore the treatment of patients with early localized prostatic carcinoma, we surveyed the departments of urology and general surgery in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Clinical policies and physicians' attitudes toward the radical treatment options varied widely between the countries. A correlation seems to exist between practice patterns and national attitudes toward special technologies.
authors.affiliation: Swedish Institute for Health Services Development (Spri).
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Jonsson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Danneskiold-Samsøe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heggestad
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iversen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leisti
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries