Active Surveillance in Younger Men With Prostate Cancer
Leapman MS, Cowan JE, Nguyen HG, Shinohara KK, Perez N, Cooperberg MR, Catalona WJ, Carroll PR. Active Surveillance in Younger Men With Prostate Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: jco.2016.68.005. PMID: 28346806, PMCID: PMC5466007, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.68.0058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiopsy-based Gleason scoreActive surveillanceAssociation of ageProstate cancerDefinitive treatmentRadical prostatectomyYounger patientsGleason scoreMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionYounger ageLow-risk prostate cancerCox proportional hazards regressionGleason score upgradeInitial active surveillanceRelated end pointsCox regression analysisKaplan-Meier methodYounger patient ageProportional hazards regressionPrimary study objectiveInitial biopsyMedian agePatient ageHazards regressionBiochemical outcomes