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Anxiety and distress during active surveillance for early prostate cancer

This study found that the majority of men with early prostate cancer (PC) included in a protocol-based program for active surveillance (AS) show favorable anxiety and distress scores when compared to reference values and to groups of patients with PC who underwent other treatments. A perceived important role of the physician in the shared treatment decision-making, a poor physical health score, a high neuroticism score, and a high PSA value were found to be significantly linked with worse scores on decisional conflict, depression, generic anxiety, and PC specific anxiety. [ read more about active surveillance ]