TITLE:
Expending the Paradigm: Active Surveillance for Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
AUTHORS:
Mohamed Jalloh, Mamadou Tieoule Traore, Thierno Amadou Diallo, Issa Labou, Lamine Niang, Serigne Magueye Gueye
KEYWORDS:
Prostate Cancer, Active Surveillance, Intermediate Risk
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Urology,
Vol.8 No.8,
August
30,
2018
ABSTRACT: Prostate cancer is the leading male cancer worldwide. There remains a controversy as to which patients have indolent disease and which patients present an aggressive disease needing treatment with intent to cure. Because of quality of life impairment associated with treatment by radiation or surgery, active surveillance (AS) is a valid management option to avoid or differ aggressive treatment. Traditionally, AS was reserved for men with low risk prostate cancer, however intermediate risk patients are more and more found in AS cohorts. The aim of this review is to describe the place of AS in intermediate risk patients and the perspectives offered by such a treatment modality.