Calculating life expectancy to inform prostate cancer screening and treatment decisions.

The article offers information on prostate cancer guidelines considers life expectancy (LE) to be an important factor for patients making decisions to undergo screening or treatment. Topics discussed include selection of patients for prostate biopsy with the help of LE calculator in clinical practice; impact of comorbidity points on survival; and pragmatic tool to facilitate clinical decisions incorporating LE for men undergoing prostate cancer screening or treatment.