More judicious use of expectant management for localized prostate cancer over the past two decades.
AUTHORS
- PMID: 27984110 [PubMed].
ABSTRACT
Urologists have been criticized for over-treating men with low-risk prostate cancer, and for passively observing older men with higher-risk disease. Proponents of active surveillance (AS) for low-risk disease and critics of watchful waiting (WW) for higher-risk disease have advocated for more judicious use of observation. Thus, we compared two population-based cohorts to determine how expectant management has evolved over the past two decades.
Urologists have been criticized for over-treating men with low-risk prostate cancer, and for passively observing older men with higher-risk disease. Proponents of active surveillance (AS) for low-risk disease and critics of watchful waiting (WW) for higher-risk disease have advocated for more judicious use of observation. Thus, we compared two population-based cohorts to determine how expectant management has evolved over the past two decades.
Tags: Alumni Publications 2016