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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(5):397-398; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.5.397
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 5, 397-398, March 7, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Re: Causes of Death in Elderly Prostate Cancer Patients and in a Comparison Nonprostate Cancer Cohort

Patrick S. Romano

Correspondence to: Patrick S. Romano, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California at Davis Medical Center, 4150 V St., Suite 2400, Sacramento, CA 95817 (e-mail: psromano@ucdavis.edu).

Newschaffer et al. (1) reported recently on a population-based analysis of causes of death among elderly Virginians with prostate cancer and benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Radical prostatectomy was associated with statistically nonsignificantly lower odds of having prostate cancer as the reported cause of death (odds ratio [OR] = 0.77; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.42 to 1.40) among 1179 decedents with a history of prostate cancer, but statistically nonsignificantly higher . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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