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• December 08, 2011
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  Panel endorses active monitoring and delay of treatment for low-risk prostate cancer

  Posted: December 8th, 2011, 10:23am EST

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  An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health has concluded that many men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer should be closely monitored, permitting treatment to be delayed until warranted by disease progression.