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Surgery on early prostate cancer better than waiting, study says.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)

| September 11, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Marie McCullough

PHILADELPHIA _ For the first time, a large, rigorous study shows that treating early prostate cancer with surgery rather than waiting to see if it grows reduces the chance of dying from the disease.

The issue of treatment is controversial because diagnostic tests cannot tell which tumors will grow so slowly that they never become lethal. Furthermore, while surgery is considered the gold-standard treatment, removing the prostate _ a chestnut-shaped organ located under a man's bladder and in front of the rectum _ often causes incontinence and impotence.

Prostate cancer is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death…

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