Guest guest Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 This passage will now replace the comment on p. 6 section: In search of interesting truth* The American College of Physicians, a leading medical professional body announced in 2008 what clearly amounts to a damning criticism. Despite it being the most common male only cancer, with nearly a century of research behind it, its cause is still unknown and the ability to prescribe effective treatment is no better."Assessment of the comparative effectiveness and harms of localized prostate cancer treatments is difficult because of limitations in the evidence." (7) (7) J. Wilt, MD, MPH; Roderick Mac, MS; Indulis Rutks, BA; Tatyana A. Shamliyan, MD, MS; Brent C. , PhD; and L. Kane, MD; Systematic Review: Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Treatments for Clinically Localised Prostate Cancer; 18 March 2008 Volume 148 Issue 6; ls of Internal Medicin; PubMed:18252677 http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/0000605-200803180-00209v1See also: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/no-answers-for-men-with-prostate-cancer/ * Note blue represents changes made to the main text of the document, red represents changes made to the numbered reference.Sam(-at-)fitcare.org.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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