Localized Prostate Cancer: Quality of Life Meets Whitmore's Legacy

Dr. Willet Whitmore, the father of urologic oncology, is perhaps best remembered for his question: “For a patient with prostate cancer, if treatment for cure is necessary, is it possible? If possible, is it necessary?” This question crystallized the dilemma of decision making for patients and physicians and, in the third decade of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, is now even more pertinent and pressing than ever. In this issue, Potosky...