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Overtreatment of prostate cancer in the active surveillance era

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Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results (SEER) prostate cancer database found that among men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer (based on pathology and a PSA level lower than 20 ng/mL), active surveillance or watchful waiting increased overall from 5% in 2010 to 12.3% times more likely to develop urinary or sexual complications, 2.78

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

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While I'm grateful for subspecialists who alleviate pain, rescue patients who are unable to breathe on their own, manage complicated fractures, and replace worn-out hips and knees, the gap between the number of family doctors we need and the number we have keeps getting wider. growth in the U.S.