Active Surveillance
Active Surveillance
Active Surveillance is an approach in which a you and your medical provider actively monitor your condition, allowing time to pass before medical intervention or therapy is used. During this time, repeated testing may be performed - regular PSA testing and MRIs.
Small tumors and low-grade prostate cancer usually grow very slowly. Active surveillance for prostate cancer is a management strategy where the cancer is closely monitored rather than treated immediately - so no side effects. (Two of our Board members are on Active Surveillance - one of them for more than ten years.)
Sometimes called “Watchful Waiting,” Active Surveillance is an approach in which a you and your medical provider actively monitor your condition, allowing time to pass before medical intervention or therapy is used. During this time, repeated testing may be performed - regular PSA testing and MRIs.