Factors that influence clinicians' decisions to decrease active surveillance monitoring frequency or transition to watchful waiting for localised prostate cancer: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Little is known about clinicians' decision-making about decreasing active surveillance (AS) testing/converting patients to watchful waiting (WW), nor are there any guidelines. The objective of this study was to identify factors that clinicians consider when decreasing AS testing/converting to WW for men with prostate cancer.

Design

Exploratory qualitative study.

Setting

All participants practiced in various institutions in the USA.

Participants

Eligible clinicians had to provide clinical care for patients with prostate cancer in the USA and speak English. Clinicians could be either urologists or radiation oncologists. Of the 24 clinicians, 83% were urologists representing 11 states, 92% were men and 62% were white.

Methods

This qualitative stud

SUBMITTER: Lowenstein LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593754 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature