Active Surveillance

Patients referred for percutaneous coronary intervention after acute myocardial infarction did not experience improved cardiovascular outcomes when taking colchicine compared with placebo, refuting previous study results.

WASHINGTON — Among patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis, those who had transcatheter aortic valve replacement had better CV outcomes compared with those who had routine clinical surveillance, according to results of the EARLY TAVR trial.

Active surveillance for men with favorable-risk prostate cancer is an effective management strategy, according to data from a prospective cohort study published in JAMA.

Allen S. Ho, MD, did not wait to promote active surveillance when he started practicing medicine a decade ago.

Adults with low-risk papillary thyroid cancer reported low levels of decision regret for their disease management choice at 1 year, regardless of whether they chose active surveillance or surgery, according to findings published in Thyroid.

Men with low-risk prostate cancer chose active surveillance more often than surgery or radiation when urologists recommended that course of action, according to study results published in Cancer.

Women who underwent active surveillance for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 had an increased long-term risk for cervical cancer compared with women who received immediate treatment, according to findings published in The BMJ.

An automatic surveillance system that accurately identified patients after colorectal polypectomy and assigned surveillance intervals by risk improved guideline adherence among physicians and reduced staff workload, according to data.

Adults with low-risk thyroid cancer cite concerns about adverse outcomes, psychological distress and a negative response to their diagnosis as reasons they opted for surgery over active surveillance, according to study findings.