Estimated life expectancy: integration of age and comorbidities

Most guidelines recommend integration of estimated life expectancy into the routine decision-making process in prostate cancer treatment. This article underlines the use of both age and

comorbidities to calculate life expectancy, which is highly dependent on the health status of the individual patient. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of

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INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Axel Heidenreich and David Pfister are at the Department of Urology, Uro-Oncology, Robot-Assisted and Reconstructive Urologic Surgery, University

Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Köln, Germany., Axel Heidenreich & David Pfister Authors * Axel Heidenreich View author publications You can also search for this author

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Pfister, D. Estimated life expectancy: integration of age and comorbidities. _Nat Rev Urol_ 13, 634–635 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2016.203 Download citation * Published: 18

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