Major Prostate Cancer Study Supports Watchful Waiting

Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 10:21 in Health & Medicine

If a man is found to have low-grade prostate cancer, there’s growing evidence to support the idea that the best course of action is nothing. Nothing right away, that is—no surgery, no radiation—nothing other than to keep an eye on it and monitor how it progresses. Known as “active surveillance” or “watchful waiting,” the idea […]

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