Node Positive Prostate Cancer – Treatment and Survival
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Overall survival and cancer-specific survival for those with node-positive prostate cancer treated with surgery lived longer than those who elected radiation treatment.  Men diagnosed with node positive prostate cancer need to decide if they want to include a targeted treatment to their prostate gland along with a systemic treatment like hormonal therapy.  Most men who elect to include a targeted therapy will choose between either surgery or radiation.  A retrospective observational study concluded that men who did elect to use surgery as opposed to radiation lived longe. Read the study at; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pros.24317 Cancer ABCs would like to thank: Foundation Medicine Myovant  Bayer  Dendreon  for their continued support of our podcast program.  Support the show (https://www.cancerabcs.org/new-page-2/)
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