Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation active surveillance prostate cancer cohort: a characterisation of a prostate cancer active surveillance database

Abstract Background The routine clinical use of serum prostatic specific antigen (PSA) testing has allowed earlier detection of low-grade prostate cancer (PCa) with more favourable characteristics, leading to increased acceptance of management by active surveillance (AS). AS aims to avoid over treat...

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Main Authors: Salonee Shah, Kerri Beckmann, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Ben Challacombe, Rick Popert, Prokar Dasgupta, Jonah Rusere, Grace Zisengwe, Oussama Elhage, Aida Santaolalla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08255-z