Prostate cancer is often an indolent disease, and delays in treatment up to 6 months do not seem to affect cancer-free survival. Inadequate pre-treatment assessment and uninformed shared decision-making can lead to decision regret and disparities in receipt of treatments. Time is on our side to allocate sufficient time and resources to consider the most appropriate and individualized treatment decision in prostate cancer care.

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时间站在我们这边——重新思考前列腺癌治疗时间的概念


前列腺癌通常是一种惰性疾病，延迟治疗长达 6 个月似乎不会影响无癌生存。治疗前评估不充分和不知情的共同决策会导致决策后悔和接受治疗的差异。我们这边有时间分配足够的时间和资源来考虑前列腺癌护理中最合适和个性化的治疗决策。