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If you are diagnosed with prostate cancer, you should discuss treatments and quality-of-life issues with your cancer care team.
Your team should include a urologist and a radiation oncologist. You can also get helpful advice from a medical oncologist.
Common treatments are surgery and radiation. However, there is another approach to learn about. It’s called “active surveillance” or “watchful waiting.” It’s for men with low-risk prostate cancer.
In active surveillance, your team watches your condition closely. If tests show that it’s getting worse, you will get treatment. Discuss active surveillance with your team.
The information on this site was created by our medical advisory board made up of physicians and other members of the radiation oncology team with expertise in radiation therapy and on the topics presented. However, this material is informational only and should not be used in place of advice from a medical professional. If you have questions about a specific treatment, please ask your radiation oncologist.
