1. Herb Skovronek on Prostate cancer patients with life expectancies of less than 10 years receive aggressive treatment
    Herb Skovronek Herb Skovronek United States says:
    December 2, 2014 at 7:31 PM

    Sadly, the patients are only considered as a minor factor, with statements such as "treatment FOR patients".  

    There is another statement "Hopefully, these results will promote integration of this information into treatment decision-making discussions."  That's fine but a study such as this can become a death sentence for many men when insurance companies, e.g., Medicare, use it to deny payment for treatment.  Shouldn't the patients be the final decision makers once they know the risk/benefit scenario?

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