Reply to Dr. Vadhithala’s Letter to the Editor re: Marc A. Furrer, Benjamin Lyttwin, Michael S. Pärli, et al. Incidental Prostate Cancer Is an Uncommon but Clinically Non-negligible Cause of Death in Selected Long-term Survivors of Urothelial Carcinoma—Oncological Outcomes and a Proposed Follow-up S
Marc A Furrer, Patrick Y Wuethrich, Niall M Corcoran · 2026
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Marc Furrer and two co-authors replied in 2026 to a letter about incidental prostate cancer. Their study followed long-term survivors of bladder cancer whose prostates were removed along with the bladder. Some harbored unsuspected prostate cancer, which proved an uncommon but real cause of death in selected survivors. A commenter questioned the statistics behind the risk estimates.
The reply grants the point: few prostate cancer deaths mean wide uncertainty around the effect sizes. The original paper had already framed its links as exploratory. The authors urge reading direction, consistency, and clinical sense above exact numbers. They also welcome added discussion of how blood marker relapse relates to true disease progress in this group.
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| CREATOR | Marc A Furrer, Patrick Y Wuethrich, Niall M Corcoran |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |