Many prostate cancer patients saved from unnecessary treatments and side effects

(Ottawa Hospital Research Institute) A new study from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa shows that men with slow-growing prostate cancer are increasingly avoiding unnecessary and potentially harmful treatment in favor of an approach called active surveillance -- monitoring the cancer with regular tests and treating it only if it changes to a higher risk form.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news