The association of patient and disease characteristics with the overtreatment of low-risk prostate cancer from 2010 to 2016.
Cooper DesmondSumedh KaulAaron FleishmanRuslan KoretsPeter ChangAndrew WagnerSimon P KimNima AghdamAria F OlumiBoris GershmanPublished in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (2024)
We observed an ~27% reduction in rates of overtreatment of men with low-risk PCa over the study period. Several patient, disease, and structural characteristics are associated with detection of iPCa at RP and can inform the management of men with low-risk PCa to reduce potential overtreatment.