2016_BT PROSTATE CANCER COURSE BOOK

Med Care. 2014 Jul;52(7):579-85.. Perceptions of Active Surveillance and Treatment Recommendations for Low-risk Prostate Cancer: Results from a National Survey of Radiation Oncologists and Urologists. Kim SP 1 Gross CP Nguyen PL Smaldone MC Shah ND Karnes RJ , , , , , , Thompson RH , Han LC , Yu JB , Trinh QD , Ziegenfuss JY , Sun M , Tilburt JC . • CONCLUSIONS • Most prostate cancer specialists in the United States believe Active Surveillance effective and underused for low-risk prostate cancer … … yet continue to recommend the primary treatments their specialties deliver (!)