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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(19):1545; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.19.1545-a
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 19, 1545, October 4, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

MEMORANDUM FOR: Science Writers and Editors on the Journal Press List

New Study Compares the Side Effects of Surgery Versus Radiation Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer

September 28, 2000 (EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE 4 P.M. EDT October 3)

Katherine Arnold, Deputy News Editor, Dan Eckstein, (301) 986-1891, ext. 112

A major study reports that men whose localized prostate cancer was treated with surgery had more urinary and sexual problems than men treated by radiation, while men treated with radiation had greater declines in bowel function than the surgery group.

Prostate cancer is diagnosed in 180,000 men in the United States each year, of whom approximately 90% have clinically localized cancers. The two main treatment options with curative intent for localized . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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