Many prostate cancers are small and grow slowly. Because many men with a slow-growing tumor have the same life expectancy as men who don't even have prostate cancer, it may not be necessary to treat v

For some patients with prostate cancer, the recommended treatment may simply be to "watch and wait." This means that you won't receive any immediate therapy, but there may be intervention if the cance

BMJ Group, Monday 13 October 2008 Article history We found two good-quality studies (called randomised controlled trials) that compared watchful waiting with other treatments for cancer that hasn'