Long-term, surgery for localized prostate cancer offers little extra benefit

By Gene Emery(Reuters Health) - A large new study that has followed prostate cancer patients for up to two decades concludes that surgery is probably not the best option for most men with localized tumors.For every 100 men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer who underwent surgery, only four fewer died from the disease compared with those who were just kept under observation and treated for symptoms.For every 100 men with low-risk disease who had a radical prostatectomy, no more than one w