Can patients with low‐risk prostate cancer really benefit from radical treatment?: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis

• Published in: Andrologia Vol. 53; no. 9; pp. e14122 - n/a
• Main Authors: Zhen, Liang, Zhien, Zhou, Shengmin, Yang, Hanzhong, Li, Xingcheng, Wu, Yi, Zhou, Yi, Qiao, Lin, Ma, Yuliang, Chen, Tianrui, Feng, Weigang, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2021
• Subjects: active surveillance; Bayes Theorem; Bayesian analysis; Brachytherapy; Cancer surgery; Cancer therapies; clinical outcomes; Humans; Male; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Patients; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery; Radiation therapy; Surveillance; Urological surgery; prostatectomy; clinical outcomes; brachytherapy; active surveillance; prostatic neoplasms

Radical prostatectomy, radiotherapy and active surveillance are three widely used treatment options for patients with low‐risk prostate cancer, but the relative effects are controversial. We searched PubMed, Embase and Web of Science until June 2020, focusing on the studies comparing the effect of r...