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A new article in the Journal of Urology has provided us with some initial insight into the value of multiparametric MRIs (mpMRIs) in monitoring progression of patients on active surveillance protocols. … READ MORE …
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The question of how best to set the spectrum of criteria that indicate the suitability of an individual patient as a good candidate for active surveillance as opposed to early treatment is (as yet) not well answered. … READ MORE …
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Howard Wolinksy is a journalist — by training and by profession. In 2010, a while after he finished full-time employment with the Chicago Sun-Times, he was diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, and he has been documenting the impact ever since. … READ MORE …
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There is a new and very sound article by Gina Kolata in The New York Times (published online yesterday) addressing the expanding role of active surveillance as an initial management option for low-risk forms of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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There have been reports in the recent past that active surveillance may be less appropriate for African-American men than it is for others; and then there have been reports that did not show such an effect. … READ MORE …
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The Göteborg group in Sweden have just published long-term follow-up data on the management of > 450 men identified with very low-, low-, and intermediate-risk prostate cancer as a consequence of the Gotebörg screening trial and managed on something they call “active surveillance” … READ MORE …
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