Secondary cancer treatment is common after definitive local therapy for prostate cancer and it may be an indicator of the efficacy and cost of primary local treatment. We determined predictors of secondary cancer treatment in patients initially treated with radical prostatectomy or external beam radiation.
Predictors of secondary cancer treatment in patients receiving local therapy for prostate cancer: data from cancer of the prostate strategic urologic research endeavor.
Department of Urology, Program in Urologic Oncology, Urology Outcomes Research Group and University of California-San Francisco/Mount Zion Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.