Publications by authors named "Dietrich Schnell"

Background: Prostate cancer is now often diagnosed in the localized, welldifferentiated stage. In the HAROW study, we investigated the care situation with respect to the various treatment options for localized prostate cancer in everyday clinical practice in Germany.

Methods: Study physicians for this prospective, multicenter observational study were recruited through the Federation of German Urologists.

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Purpose: To collect data on primary treatment decision and follow-up in patients with diagnosed, histologically confirmed localized (T1a-T2c/N0/M0) prostate cancer (PCa) for up to 5 years in a prospective observational non-interventional study.

Methods: Patients were non-randomly allocated to one of the five treatment strategies: hormone therapy, active surveillance, radiation, operation, or watchful waiting.

Results: A total of 3169 patients were included by 259 participating sites; 2957 patients had at least one follow-up visit.

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Objectives: To date, evidence on active surveillance (AS) is restricted to protocol-based studies. Conversely, practice patterns outside of such protocols are unknown. The aim of this study was to capture the current AS treatment patterns for localized prostate cancer in patients managed by office-based urologists compared to patients treated at a tertiary care center.

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