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“Close monitoring of prostate cancer tumours may make radiation and surgery — which can cause incontinence and impotence — unnecessary, a new study has shown. Prostate cancer is one of the slowest-growing forms of the disease, and many men with tumours may never develop symptoms during their lifetime, meaning that many are treated unnecessarily — often with serious side-effects.  A study has now shown that many prostate cancer sufferers may dispense with treatment if they opt instead to undergo active surveillance.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/02/cancer-study-close-monitoring-of-prostate-tumors-may-make-radiation-surgery-unnecessary/