Active surveillance can reduce suffering among men with prostate cancer
Friday, November 2, 2012 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
With active surveillance many men with prostate cancer could dispense with radiation treatment and surgery, and thus avoid adverse effects such as incontinence and impotence. This is the outcome of a study of almost 1,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer conducted at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.