The Watchful Waiting Management Option for Older Men with Prostate Cancer: State of the Science

Meredith Wallace

Donald E. Bailey

Maureen O'Rourke

Michael Galbraith

ONF 2004, 31(6), 1057-1066. DOI: 10.1188/04.ONF.1057-1066

Purpose/Objectives: To summarize the recent literature and report the issues and controversies surrounding watchful waiting as a management option for prostate cancer.

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