Active Surveillance

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.

Prostate cancer is a complex cancer, with patients who present differently with various clinical staging and criteria; thus, follow-up care after treatment also differs among this patient population.

Levothyroxine therapy may help decrease tumor growth for adults with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma who are undergoing active surveillance, according to a study published in Thyroid.

Healio spoke with Nancy U. Lin, MD, about metastatic breast cancer, touching on approvals, agents in the pipeline, surveillance, survivorship and other topics impacting clinicians and patients.

Active surveillance by implanting physicians appeared linked to improved retrieval of inferior vena cava filters, according to results of a retrospective cohort study.

Use of active surveillance for low-risk and favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer increased sharply in the United States during the past decade, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The electronic surveillance definition for non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia had moderate correlation with the existing manual surveillance definition, suggesting electronic surveillance could be a “more practical” strategy.