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Positive family history of prostate cancer not associated with worse outcomes after radical prostatectomy.
Urology - 1 Feb 2005
Lee Keith L, Marotte Jeffrey B, Ferrari Michelle K, McNeal John E, Brooks James D, Presti Joseph C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine the clinical outcomes in men with (FH) and without (NFH) a family history of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of 557 men with localized prostate cancer treated by radical prostatectomy between 1989 and 2000. We defined a positive FH as having one or more first-degree relatives such as a father or brother with prostate cancer. The...
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