Active surveillance
Active surveillance has been studied in 10 papers since 2017: 6 observational studies in people, 4 reviews; 3 in the past year. The newest paper, Oct 18, 2026: “Key performance indicators for organized risk stratified prostate cancer screening in Europe: first results from the PRAISE-U and EUCanScreen pilots and the Swedish organised prostate cancer testing programme”.
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- 1 lab in 1 country
- Humans6
What did studies of Active surveillance find?
1Studies of Active surveillance measured 1 outcome; the most studied are harm (1 study).
Harm
downin humans1
1 study
Harm
downin humans1
Active surveillance decreases harm in humans.
“adopting conservative management strategies such as active surveillance to minimize harm.”
Reviewmanagement of prostate cancer
Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Prostate Cancer
Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)
What is Active surveillance linked with?
1Studies link Active surveillance with 1 measure, most often conversion to active treatment (1 study).
Conversion to active treatment
downin humans1
1 study
Conversion to active treatment
downin humans1
Active surveillance is associated with conversion to active treatment in humans (4-26%).
“There was a low (4-26%) rate of conversion to active treatment for active surveillance in the identified studies over a follow-up interval of up to 91.5 mo.”
Reviewsmall renal massesup to 91.5 mon = 36,495
Active Surveillance in Small Renal Masses in the Elderly: A Literature Review
European urology focus