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Contemporary national trends in prostate cancer risk profile at diagnosis.

Sean A FletcherNicolas von LandenbergAlexander P ColePhilipp GildToni K ChoueiriStuart R LipsitzQuoc-Dien TrinhAdam S Kibel
Published in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (2019)
The proportion of localized intermediate/high risk and metastatic PCa has substantially increased over the past decade, while the proportion of low-risk disease has decreased. This shift has been primarily driven by increased diagnosis of high-grade disease. National guidelines advising against PSA screening may have contributed to these findings.
Keyphrases
  • prostate cancer
  • high grade
  • radical prostatectomy
  • quality improvement
  • small cell lung cancer
  • low grade
  • clinical practice