Dr. Laurence Klotz, "Father" of Active Surveillance, Shares His Backstory скачать в хорошем качестве

Dr. Laurence Klotz, "Father" of Active Surveillance, Shares His Backstory

The Active Surveillor newsletter had an exclusive interview with Dr. Laurence Klotz, of the University of Toronto, pioneered the approach of closely monitoring patients with lower-risk prostate cancer rather than rushing into radical surgery or radiation. This management technique showed that men can safely be followed for years and maybe even never need treatment. They can live with their cancer and not die from it. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Howard Wolinsky has been on Active Surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer since 2010 and is the editor/publisher of http://TheActiveSurveillor.com, the first Substack newsletter covering Active Surveillance (AS). AS is a safe and effective approach of close monitoring of lower-risk prostate cancers [Gleason 6/Grade Group 1 to favorable intermediate-risk (Gleason 3+4=7/Grade Group 2)] to avoid radical surgery or radiation therapy, which carry life-changing risks. Wolinsky for nearly 30 years was medical writer/editor of the Chicago Sun-Times and is a two-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for exposes on the American Medical Association.