A new study conducted by researchers from Sweden and the Harvard School of Public Health found that men under age 65 who had their prostate gland surgically removed were less likely to die from their cancer than those who were not treated unless their cancer progressed — a strategy called watchful waiting. Jennifer Rider, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is a coauthor of the study. Philip Kantoff, professor of medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is also quoted.
