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Bookmark or Share- Observation or Active Surveillance for Prostate CancerActive surveillance is often used to mean monitoring the cancer closely, with a plan to treat it if tests show it’s starting to grow more quickly. Usually this approach includes doctor visits with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test about every 6 months and a digital rectal exam (DRE) about once a year.
- Active surveillance for prostate cancer - Mayo ClinicPeriodic tests are done to check for signs the cancer is growing. You might consider active surveillance for prostate cancer if your cancer is small, expected to grow very slowly, confined to one area of your prostate, and isn't causing signs or symptoms.
- Prostate Cancer Treatment: What to Know About Active SurveillanceActive surveillance, or active monitoring, means your doctor will monitor you closely, watching to see how the cancer progresses, if at all. This is primarily for cancers that doctors classify as: Slow-growing. Very low risk for causing symptoms. Extremely low risk of metastasizing (spreading to other organs)
- Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer Increasing - NCIActive Surveillance for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Continues to Rise. Subscribe. June 23, 2022 , by Carmen Phillips. Until about 10 years ago, most men diagnosed with prostate cancer that has a low risk of causing death had immediate treatment with surgery or radiation.
- Active Surveillance - Prostate Cancer FoundationActive Surveillance is not “no treatment,” but rather a strategy to treat you only if and when your cancer warrants treatment (some think of it as deferred treatment only if you need it). It can feel counterintuitive to be told that you have cancer, but that the best option is to sit and wait.
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