Active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer: selection of patients and predictors of progression
Marc A Dall'Era* and Badrinath R Konety
Correspondence *Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero, Box 1695, San Francisco, CA 94143-1695, USA
Email mdallera@urology.ucsf.edu
Overtreatment of any disease should be avoided, but the best way to achieve this goal is not always clear. Dall'Era and Konety review active surveillance as an option for men at low risk of developing prostate cancer. They discuss recently reported experiences, modern monitoring methods and the psychosocial impact of this approach.
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