International Brazilian Journal of Urology ()

Second brazilian consensus on the treatment of advanced prostate cancer: a SBOC-SBU-SBRT panel review

  • Andre Deeke Sasse,
  • Rodolfo Borges dos Reis,
  • Lucas Mendes Nogueira,
  • Fernando Cotait Maluf,
  • Daniel Herchenhorn,
  • Oren Smaletz,
  • Volney Soares Lima,
  • Fábio Schutz,
  • Diogo Bastos,
  • Evanius Garcia Wiermann,
  • Igor Alexandre Protzner Morbeck,
  • Leonardo Fontes Jardim,
  • Vinicius Carrera Souza,
  • Icaro Thiago Carvalho,
  • Elton Trigo Teixeira Leite,
  • Archimedes Nardozza Jr.,
  • Antonio Carlos Lima Pompeo,
  • Francisco Bretas,
  • Marcos Lima de Oliveira Leal,
  • Marcus Vinicius Sadi,
  • José Ricardo Tuma da Ponte,
  • Gustavo F. Carvalhal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2018.0798
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 3
pp. 449 – 458

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths. In Brazil, it is likewise the second most common cancer among men, second only to non-melanoma skin cancers. The aim of this consensus is to align different opinions and interpretations of the medical literature in a practical and patient-oriented approach. The first Brazilian Consensus on the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer was published in 2017, with the goal of reducing the heterogeneity of therapeutic conduct in Brazilian patients with metastatic prostate cancer. We acknowledge that in Brazil the incorporation of different technologies is a big challenge, especially in the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), which allows for the disparity in the options available to patients treated in different institutions. In order to update the recommendations and to make them objective and easily accessible, once more a panel of specialists was formed in order to discuss and elaborate a new Brazilian Consensus on Advanced Prostate Cancer. This Consensus was written through a joint initiative of the Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology (SBOC) and the Brazilian Society of Urology (SBU) to support the clinical decisions of physicians and other health professionals involved in the care of patients with prostate cancer.

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