Straightfromthedoc: JAMA Study Confirms Prostate Cancer Treatment is Preferable over “Watchful Waiting”
According to Endocare President, Chairman and CEO Craig T. Davenport:
“This study offers further scientific evidence that ‘watchful waiting’ may not be the best option for many patients, particularly when there are effective, minimally invasive treatments like cryoablation available. Based on the results of the study, ‘watchful waiting’ patients should consider some kind of treatment.
We believe cryoablation is an excellent option for many patients given its proven, long-term cancer control rate, low morbidity, and typically fast recovery time. Additionally, we believe cryoablation is a particularly good option for ‘watchful waiting’ patients who are not able to tolerate surgery or radiation, or for men with very small amounts of cancer in their prostate.”
Straight from the doc reported on a press release from endocare, a company that is a leader in cryosurgery.
I am a supporter of cryosurgery and discuss it as an option for all prostate cancer patients, but I thought that some of the conclusions were not supported by the paper.
The JAMA article that I have previously discussed only looked at surgery and radiation, bot cryosurgery. The press release did not state this.
Elderly men with very small tumors are candidates for watchful waiting and cryosurgery is not without side effects.