Dr. Rodney Breau, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (IMAGE)

The Ottawa Hospital

Dr. Rodney Breau, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

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A new study from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa shows that men with slow-growing prostate cancer are increasingly avoiding unnecessary and potentially harmful treatment in favor of an approach called active surveillance -- monitoring the cancer with regular tests and treating it only if it changes to a higher risk form.

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