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Study: Men with low-risk prostate cancer can put off treatment

Why would anyone diagnosed with cancer delay treatment? A recent study concludes that many men with low-risk prostate cancer should do just that, because they are likely to live just as long, and enjoy a better quality of life, than those who initiate treatment immediately. In the study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, investigators compared the costs and benefits of initial treatment versus observation via either watchful waiting or active surveillance. They found that both approaches to observation were more effective and less costly than initial treatment for men who were newly diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer at ages 65 and 75. http://www.umassmed.edu/news/2013/res...