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Letters Prostatectomy v radiotherapy

Prostatectomy v radiotherapy: possible detrimental effect of hormonal manipulation in patients receiving radiotherapy

BMJ 2014; 348 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2273 (Published 25 March 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g2273
  1. Christopher G Eden, urological surgeon1
  1. 1Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, UK
  1. edenchristopher{at}gmail.com

Evidence that surgery is more effective than radiotherapy at prolonging life in men with prostate cancer has been growing since the 1997 seminal study of 59 876 men,1 through two studies of 471 691,2 3 to Sooriakumaran and colleagues’ current paper, …

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