Author in the Room: Active Surveillance Compared With Initial Treatment for Men With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Decision Analysis

Summary: 1) Active surveillance is a reasonable approach to consider for carefully-selected 65 year old men with low-risk clinically localized prostate cancer, providing improved quality of life even if associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer-specific death. 2) The results depend on patient preferences 3) It is crucial that individual patients make this decision in conjunction with their doctors