Almost three-quarters of men with small-growing prostate cancers not properly monitored
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Almost three-quarters of men with small-growing prostate cancers not properly monitored

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It is well known that many prostate cancers are slow-growing, but specialists have warned that does not mean men with low-risk cancers can avoid the doctor's office all together. Key points: Three out of four men with low-risk prostate cancer not getting adequate follow-up care Experts say some of those men will go on to develop aggressive cancer An education campaign for physicians and the public is needed Research from Monash University has found almost three-quarters of men with small or slow-growing prostate cancers are not being properly monitored or followed up by their clinicians. The research, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, looked at more than 1,600 men over six years diagnosed with prostate cancer that only required an "active surveillance" program to monitor whether the cancer became more aggressive. The regimen is referred to as "active surveillance" and is offered to men who are diagnosed with small or slow-growing prostate cancer so they can avoid invasive surgery and other burdensome treatments. Email Specialist.Team@abc.net.au Prostate cancer the most common cancer diagnosed in men He said about 70 per cent of men who used active surveillance would not need further treatment, but in the other 30 per cent, the cancer would become more aggressive.

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