Poor Overall Survival in Septa- and Octogenarian Patients after Radical Prostatectomy and Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Study of 6183 Men

Forty percent of septa- and octogenarian men who are selected for RP do not have adequate life expectancy to warrant attempted curative therapy. Even more strikingly, 70% of men who receive EBRT die before reaching the 10-yr mark. These findings may indicate the need for more stringent EBRT and RP selection criteria, if the goal is to minimise overtreatment.