New Study To Determine "Watchful Waiting" Period For Prostate Cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are beginning a new study to monitor low-risk prostate cancer patients who are eligible for watchful // waiting and can avoid the stressful chemotherapy treatments. "With the advent of the PSA test, we see prostate cancer detected much earlier but there is no evidence that early detection means longer survival. Because...Watchful Waiting Effective for Low Risk Prostate Cancer
"Watchful Waiting" may be more appropriate in men with low-risk prostate cancer than the common method of treating with surgery or radiation therapy, according to a research// team at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The results of the study conducted by lead researcher Dr. John T. Wei and his associates have been published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Thei...