[Active surveillance for early-stage prostate cancer].
Diagnostic and treatment management of prostate cancer at its initial stage continues to raise important debates within the involved medical community. To establish a protocol for active surveillance, a validated option in specific conditions of localised prostate cancer management for eight years, is a unique opportunity to gather different specialists in this field. This paper presents this concept.
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Service d'urologie, CHUV, Lausanne. patrice.jichlinski@chuv.ch
Berthold
D R
DR
Zouhair
A
A
Griesser
A-C
AC
Meuwly
J-Y
JY
Prior
J O
JO
Lhermitte
B
B
Doerfler
A
A
Treuthardt
C
C
Praz
V
V
Tawadros
T
T
Vaucher
L
L
Aymon
D
D
Marazzi
A
A
Levi
F
F
Beckmann
J
J
Leyvraz
S
S
Bauer
J
J
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology