title: [Treatment of localised prostate cancer].
abstract: The incidence of prostate cancer is increasing sharply in Denmark and an increasing proportion of patients have clinically localised disease at diagnosis. The therapeutic strategy encompasses intended curative therapy: radical prostatectomy with complete removal of the prostate gland and seminal vesicles performed as an open procedure or laparoscopically, external beam radiation therapy, or implantation of radioactive seeds into the prostate (brachytherapy). In older patients with good prognostic factors, active surveillance should be considered. The various therapeutic modalities are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Herlev Hospital, Urologisk Afdeling H, Rigshospitalet, Urologisk Afdeling D. hjak@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jakobsen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iversen
authors.forename: Kári J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mikines
authors.forename: Nis
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nørgaard
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Høyer
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*