TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonmedical factors in treatment selection
AU - Brawley, Otis W.
PY - 2003/5
Y1 - 2003/5
N2 - Given that no therapy for localized prostate cancer has been proven superior to any other in well-designed clinical trials, the patient and physician may be influenced toward a particular therapy by a number of nonmedical factors. These factors can be logistic, socioeconomic, or related to the patient's perception of the disease and expectations concerning the disease. These factors, along with the absence of a clearly superior therapy, account, at least in part, for the tremendous variance in patterns of care by age, geography, race and education.
AB - Given that no therapy for localized prostate cancer has been proven superior to any other in well-designed clinical trials, the patient and physician may be influenced toward a particular therapy by a number of nonmedical factors. These factors can be logistic, socioeconomic, or related to the patient's perception of the disease and expectations concerning the disease. These factors, along with the absence of a clearly superior therapy, account, at least in part, for the tremendous variance in patterns of care by age, geography, race and education.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00186-6
DO - 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00186-6
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12735508
AN - SCOPUS:0037408060
SN - 0094-0143
VL - 30
SP - 331
EP - 335
JO - Urologic Clinics of North America
JF - Urologic Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -