If your cancer is not causing any symptoms, is growing slowly, or is small and only in your prostate, your physician may suggest active surveillance or watchful waiting instead of treatment. Active ...

There are risks of patients with prostate cancer being over- and under-treated, which is why speaking to a team of doctors is important, an expert said. For patients who recently received a diagnosis ...

Half of men with low-risk prostate cancer remained free from progression or treatment 10 years after diagnosis when followed in a protocol-directed active surveillance program. At 10 years, 43% of ...

Patients with favorable-risk prostate cancer “should be aware that they don't need treatment right away,” one expert said. Active surveillance has been shown to be an effective management strategy for ...

Overtreatment of men with prostate cancer and limited life expectancy (LE) has persisted in the era of active surveillance and worsened in some instances, according to a new study. “Overtreatment of ...

The overall risk for biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy increased by a significant 15% after 2010 — the active surveillance era — but this increase disappeared after ...

Credit: Thinkstock Investigators report beneficial effects of aerobic high-intensity training on cardiometabolic biomarkers. Men on active surveillance for prostate cancer who participated in aerobic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results refute criticisms about “losing a window of curability when delaying treatment.” Researchers estimated ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men but often goes unnoticed. Experts stress early screening, awareness ...

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Prostate cancer is the most common solid malignancy among men in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 313,780 men nationwide will be diagnosed with the disease in ...