Other-cause mortality in incidental prostate cancer.
Francesco Di BelloAndrea BaudoMario de AngelisLetizia Maria Ippolita JannelloCarolin SiechZhe TianJordan A GoyalClaudia Collà RuvoloGianluigi CalifanoRoberto La RoccaSimone MorraPietro AcquatiFred SaadShahrokh F ShariatLuca CarmignaniOttavio de CobelliAlberto BrigantiFelix K H ChunNicola LongoPierre I KarakiewiczPublished in: The Prostate (2024)
Our results quantified OCM rates, confirming that in not-actively-treated IPCa patients OCM is indeed significantly higher than in their actively-treated counterparts (HR: 1.4). These observations validate the use of no active treatment in IPCa patients, in whom OCM greatly surpasses CSM (20% vs. 5%).