"PSA Surveillance in the Septuagenarian": A Proposed New Terminology for Clinical Follow-up to Assess Risk of Prostate Cancer in Men Aged 70 Years and Older

Eur Urol. 2020 Aug;78(2):136-137. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.03.028. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

¹ Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
² Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
³ University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁴ Uropartners, Westchester, IL, USA. Electronic address: rharris@uropartners.com.

Abstract

We propose a new terminology for assessing the risk of prostate cancer among men aged >70 yr: "PSA surveillance in the septuagenarian."