Most Prostate Cancer Specialists Don't Recommend Active Surveillance for Their Patients

Specialists who treat prostate cancer agree that active surveillance is an effective option - yet most doctors don't recommend it when appropriate for their own patients. This is according to a study in the July issue of emMedical Care/em. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams (and) Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Rather, urologists are more likely to recommend surgery and radiation oncologists are more likely to recommend radiation therapy-the ...

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