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Prostate patients who avoid prostatectomy ‘can live for years’

British scientists have concluded that many men with prostate cancer who decide not to go for surgery or other invasive therapies such as radiotherapy fare just as well as those who do choose the treatment.

According to opinion of research team, the standard PSA test used to detect prostate cancer is so unreliable that it cannot distinguish between aggressive and mild forms of the disease.

While people with the aggressive or ‘tiger’ form may require surgery or radiotherapy to save their lives, those with mild or ‘pussycat’ cancer can live for years without treatment.

However, many experts think that abandoning the PSA test because it is far from perfect will solve nothing. The real problem is how to manage the expectations of the newly diagnosed patient in a constructive manner.