For many men with prostate cancer, the cancer is so slow-growing that is unlikely to affect a man during his lifetime.

In this case the best treatment may be active surveillance -- carefully monitoring a slow-growing cancer’s course with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests, digital rectal exams, and biopsies to determine whether and when treatment is needed.

This approach enables men to avoid the potentially debilitating effects of aggressive cancer treatment if the cancer is unlikely to adversely affect their lives.

Physicians

Physicians offering this service include:

• Albala, David M.
• Freedland, Stephen J.
• Krupski, Tracey L.
• Maloney, Kelly E.
• Moul, Judd W.
• Polascik, Thomas J.
• Robertson, Cary N.
• Walther, Philip J.

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Cancer Center Raleigh
  3404 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609
• Duke Prostate Center
  200 Trent Drive (Morris Cancer Clinic), Durham, NC 27710
• Duke Urology of Raleigh
  3480 Wake Forest Rd., Suite 506, Raleigh, NC 27609