Shifting the paradigm in the management of early prostate cancer.

Outcomes from active surveillance have clearly shown that it is the optimal method of managing many early prostate cancers. Yet, clinician training and healthcare systems are still primarily focused on the "need to treat". This comment explores the challenges and resource issues in future implementation of high-quality surveillance programmes.

Keywords

32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 3202 Clinical Sciences, 3211 Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Urologic Diseases, Clinical Research, Cancer, Aging, Prostate Cancer, Health Services, Cancer, 3 Good Health and Well Being

Journal Title

Br J Cancer

Journal ISSN

0007-0920
1532-1827

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Publisher DOI

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-024-02641-7

Rights and licensing

Except where otherwised noted, this item's license is described as Attribution 4.0 International

Sponsorship

National Institute for Health and Care Research (IS-BRC-1215-20014)

The authors acknowledge infrastructure support by the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC-1215-20014).

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