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Options for low-risk prostate cancer – 4
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. Prostate cancer is common in men in the United States. Estimates for 2011 are that approximately 240,000 men will be newly diagnosed with prostate cancer. But more than half of these cancers are confined to the prostate, not aggressive at diagnosis, and unlikely to become life-threatening. An independent panel chaired by Dr. Patricia Ganz of UCLA, suggests delaying treatment in low-risk patients.
Ganz: We can feel confident about having a delay in therapy or no therapy at all that may emerge because the natural history of the cancer will declare itself to be either one that progresses or stays quiet.
Narrator: For more information on the panel’s findings, visit the website consensus.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the NIH, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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