To the Editor: In the retrospective study by te Marvelde and colleagues,1 the proportions of men in public and private health services receiving radical prostatectomy and curative external beam radiation therapy were examined in a multivariable logistic regression analysis. However, only age, International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) tumour grade, and comorbidity were studied.
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- 1. te Marvelde L, Milne RL, Hornby CJ, et al. Differences in treatment choices for localised prostate cancer diagnosed in private and public health services. Med J Aust 2020; 213: 411–417. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/213/9/differences-treatment-choices-localised-prostate-cancer-diagnosed-private-and
- 2. Hamdy FC, Donovan JL, Lane JA, et al. 10‐Year outcomes after monitoring, surgery, or radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. N Engl J Med 2016; 375: 1415–1424.
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