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Just to build on what Steve wrote, even a recent study might be based on much-older data, and a lit review, even more so. So if you see a publication date like 2020, don't assume that they're actually talking about what the situation was like just 5 years ago; they might be reporting on a trial that started in 2008, or (if a lit review) analysing secondary data in other papers that are themselves 10+ years old, based on data collected 20+ years ago.

So much has changed in prostate-cancer treatment recently that any research paper based on observations collected before (say) 2018–20 has little to do with our survival prospects now, even if it was just published and is helpful for researchers and practitioners in other ways.

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I suggest to read Dr Walsh's book. I ordered a copy, it arrived this past Friday.