The New Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Prostate with Watchful Waiting Database: Opportunities and Limitations

ConclusionsWhile the SEER Prostate with WW dataset offers a new method to describe treatment trends for men with PCa, including the use of AS/WW, the amount of missing data should not be ignored.Patient summaryWhile the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Prostate with Watchful Waiting dataset offers a new method to describe treatment trends for men with prostate cancer, including the use of active surveillance, it has a significant amount of missing data, which can be a source of potential bias if not addressed properly.
Source: European Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research