Prostate surgery rates questioned

Australian men are having prostate surgery at an increasingly young age according to new statistics published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

The average age at surgery fell from 64 to 62.

Between 1995 and 2000 the percentage of prostate cancer diagnosed through PSA testing increased from around 50% to 80%.

The PSA levels that led to prostate cancer diagnosis fell, suggesting cancers were being caught earlier.

Researchers also noted that pathologists were more likely to grade cancers as lethal, represented a shift in how doctors graded them, rather than changes in cancer characteristics.

The shift sheds doubt on survival statistics.

Article: Prostate surgery rate questioned (Sydney Morning Herald)

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