Dialogue between patients and physicians critical to making “best choice” prostate cancer treatment decisions
In light of a treatment guide for low-risk prostate cancer patients published today by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Research (ICER) and Families USA, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) emphasizes the importance of discussion between patients and their providers and seeks to provide context for some of the treatment recommendations in the guide. For patients with low-risk prostate cancer, the guide names active surveillance, prostatectomy and brachytherapy as the "proven best choices" for treatment and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton