title: On call. September 11 was an emotional day for all of us, but September 12 was a confusing day for me. I read two newspapers that reported on research in the New England Journal of Medicine. The New York Times headline said: "Prostate cancer surgery found to cut death risk," but the Washington Post announced: "Studies find no advantage to prostate cancer surgery." Which was right?
authors.forename: Harvey B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology