Invited commentary: Prostate cancer: doing less might be more. Comment on Severity of comorbidity and non-prostate cancer mortality in men with early-stage prostate cancer'.

摘要

The phrase "out of sight, out of mind," as suggested by Nicolas Bruchovsky,1 aptly describes the fact that while no other organ causes so much illness in man as the prostate, so little is known about its role in the body. And yet, with our aging population, a lifetime risk of death from prostate cancer of 3%, and dramatic (ie, 2-fold) increase in a lifetime risk of a diagnosis of prostate cancer owing to PSA screening, prostate cancer represents one of the most challenging issues facing physicians today.