Posted on July 26, 2021 by Sitemaster
As of Friday (July 22), we had received more than 250 responses to our brief survey on research into active surveillance. Most of these are from patients and some from their familial supporters (spouses, partners, etc.). However,we are still interested in getting more input — especially from clinicians, including specialists, generalists, and allied health personnel like urology nurses! … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: active surveillance, AS, research | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 28, 2020 by Sitemaster
Perhaps unsurprisingly, your sitemaster was a little distracted on March 9 this year (by both the start of the COVID-19 chaos and by his birthday) and so he utterly missed what appears to be a rather important paper on the use of 5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) in men on active surveillance (AS) for management of low-risk forms of prostate cancer.
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Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: 5-ARI, active, AS, Prevention, progression, surveillance | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 29, 2020 by Sitemaster
The Prostate Active Surveillance Study (PASS), initially funded by the Canary Foundation, is a multi-center research study for men with low-risk disease who have chosen active surveillance (AS) to manage their prostate cancer. Active surveillance in PASS means closely monitoring men with prostate cancer and offering treatment if test results show the cancer is getting worse. … READ MORE …
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Posted on June 14, 2019 by Sitemaster
To date we have seen very few data on the long-term follow-up of men in the US being initially managed on active surveillance (AS) after diagnosis with prostate cancer out in the “real world” of community urology practice. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: active surveillance, AS, community, outcomes, practice | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 28, 2019 by Sitemaster
Howard Wolinsky is a long-time prostate cancer patient who has been on active surveillance (AS) since his diagnosis in 2010, when one of his doctors described him as a “poster child” for active surveillance. … READ MORE …
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Posted on February 14, 2019 by Sitemaster
According to a brief research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week, there was a major increase in the application of active surveillance (AS) and watchful waiting (WW) in first-line management of prostate cancer between 2010 and 2015. … READ MORE …
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Posted on October 18, 2018 by Sitemaster
There is no longer any doubt that men initially diagnosed with low- and very low-risk forms of prostate cancer are, in most cases, either excellent or good candidates for first-line management on active surveillance (AS). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: active, advese, AS, favorable, pathology, risk, surveillance, unfavorable | 7 Comments »
Posted on September 24, 2018 by Sitemaster
In his most recent commentary on living on active surveillance, journalist Howard Wolinsky writes about the issue of anxiety which can affect a significant subset of men who are appropriate candidates for active surveillance (AS) or who have difficulty staying on AS — particularly during their first two years of management using this technique. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: active, anxiety, AS, surveillance | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 1, 2018 by Sitemaster
Your sitemaster has long argued that it is perfectly reasonable for many younger men diagnosed with low- and very low-risk forms of prostate cancer to be managed initially on active surveillance (despite reticence on the parts of many physicians and many patients). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: active, age, AS, Diagnosis, Management, surveillance | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 20, 2018 by Sitemaster
An interesting article published a couple of week’s ago in the Medical Journal of Australia reports on “real world issues” related to the implementation of active surveillance (AS) in Oz. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: active, AS, Australia, clinical, practice, protocol, standard, surveillance | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 5, 2016 by Sitemaster
A recent and truly excellent review in Nature Reviews: Urology offers us a very thoughtful set of insights on the role of “expectant” and “conservative” management (i.e., active surveillance and watchful waiting) in the care of men with prostate cancer today. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: active, AS, care, expectant, individualized, Management, personalized, surveillance, watchful waiting | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 8, 2014 by Sitemaster
A new paper from the coordinators of the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC) suggests that as many as 50 percent of newly diagnosed patients with low-risk forms of prostate cancer in Michigan are now receiving initial management on active surveillance (AS). … READ MORE …
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Posted on July 31, 2012 by Sitemaster
A newly published article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has reported that men being seen at specialized, multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinics are nearly twice as likely to accept initial active surveillance as men consulting individual practitioners. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: active surveillance, AS, consult, Multidisciplinary | 4 Comments »
Posted on July 31, 2012 by Sitemaster
In another article in European Urology, Dall’Era et al. have provided a thorough review of published outcome data from the seven largest known series of patients being managed under active surveillance (AS). Unfortunately the full text of this article is not available on line. … READ MORE …
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Posted on January 15, 2011 by Sitemaster
A new paper based on the cohort of patients being followed with active surveillance (AS) at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has added to our understanding of the potentially optimal management of patients on AS. … READ MORE …
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