{"id":12199,"date":"2018-12-13T11:02:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12199"},"modified":"2018-12-13T11:02:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:02:38","slug":"long-term-study-shows-most-prostate-cancer-patients-dont-need-aggressive-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12199","title":{"rendered":"Long-term study shows most prostate cancer patients don\u2019t need aggressive treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Karen Weintraub for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap-wrap\"><span class=\"big-cap\">N<\/span><\/span>early 30 years after it began, a study of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/05\/04\/prostate-cancer-research-psa\/\">prostate cancer<\/a>\u00a0patients shows both that the disease will not cause harm to the majority of men who have it, and that aggressive treatment is warranted for men with an intermediate risk of spread. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/12\/12\/long-term-study-prostate-cancer-patients-dont-need-treatment\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=68301945&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--LoN5MlRudjvD4L4fDnQ2npGWtpxFepbuKrLKQ3GGq84ic-9Nx4Z4BbRxRSrXdaRiUGcb87nwvdSx8zXSDSFf3Dt1wLA&amp;_hsmi=68301945\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Karen Weintraub for STAT) Nearly 30 years after it began, a study of\u00a0prostate cancer\u00a0patients shows both that the disease<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12200,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199\/revisions\/12200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}