Background: Canadian guidelines recommend against population-based screening for
prostate cancer because of the risk of over-diagnosis and overtreatment. We sought to …

Abstract Introduction With prostate cancer (CaP) screening, overtreatment of low-risk CaP
remains a concern. We investigated the patterns of radical prostatectomy (RP) for pathologic …

Introduction Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, but overall mortality
rates remain low, due to the preponderance of low-risk disease. Over the last decade, there …

Background In the era of increasing scrutiny of delivery of quality care, efforts to decrease
surgical overtreatment of insignificant prostate cancer (iCaP) continue. Objective To quantify …

Importance Studies demonstrate that use of prostate-specific antigen screening decreased
significantly following the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation …

Purpose The objective of the current study was to assess whether and how preoperative risk
group distribution and pathological outcomes have changed in men treated with radical …

Objective: In this study, we examine the oncologic outcomes of men with low, intermediate
and high preoperative risk for prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy prior to and …

Abstract Background In May 2018, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
recommended prostate cancer (PCa) screening for ages 55–69 be an individual decision …

Background Although active surveillance is the preferred management for low-risk prostate
cancer (PCa), some men remain at risk of overtreatment with definitive local therapy. We …

Importance Guidelines endorse using tumor risk and life expectancy (LE) to select
appropriate candidates for radical prostatectomy (RP), recommending against treatment of …