A Decade of Active Surveillance in the PRIAS Study: An Update and Evaluation of the Criteria Used to Recommend a Switch to Active Treatment

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6174951	European Urology	2016	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

We confirmed the safety of active surveillance as a treatment option for men with low-risk prostate cancer; however, some changes could be made to the follow-up protocol to safely increase the number of men who remain on active surveillance.

Keywords

MRI Prostate biopsy Prostatic neoplasms Active surveillance prostate-specific antigen Disease progression

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A Decade of Active Surveillance in the PRIAS Study: An Update and Evaluation of the Criteria Used to Recommend a Switch to Active Treatment

Authors

Leonard P. Bokhorst, Riccardo Valdagni, Antti Rannikko, Yoshiyuki Kakehi, Tom Pickles, Chris H. Bangma, Monique J. Roobol, for the PRIAS study group for the PRIAS study group,