Journal article
Treatment Preferences for Active Surveillance versus Active Treatment among Men with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, Vol.25(8), pp.1240-1250
08/2016
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1079
PMCID: PMC4970911
PMID: 27257092
Abstract
Due to the concerns about the overtreatment of low-risk prostate cancer, active surveillance (AS) is now a recommended alternative to the active treatments (AT) of surgery and radiotherapy. However, AS is not widely utilized, partially due to psychological and decision-making factors associated with treatment preferences.
In a longitudinal cohort study, we conducted pretreatment telephone interviews (N = 1,140, 69.3% participation) with newly diagnosed, low-risk prostate cancer patients (PSA ≤ 10, Gleason ≤ 6) from Kaiser Permanente Northern California. We assessed psychological and decision-making variables, and treatment preference [AS, AT, and No Preference (NP)].
Men were 61.5 (SD, 7.3) years old, 24 days (median) after diagnosis, and 81.1% white. Treatment preferences were: 39.3% AS, 30.9% AT, and 29.7% NP. Multinomial logistic regression revealed that men preferring AS (vs. AT) were older (OR, 1.64; CI, 1.07-2.51), more educated (OR, 2.05; CI, 1.12-3.74), had greater prostate cancer knowledge (OR, 1.77; CI, 1.43-2.18) and greater awareness of having low-risk cancer (OR, 3.97; CI, 1.96-8.06), but also were less certain about their treatment preference (OR, 0.57; CI, 0.41-0.8), had greater prostate cancer anxiety (OR, 1.22; CI, 1.003-1.48), and preferred a shared treatment decision (OR, 2.34; CI, 1.37-3.99). Similarly, men preferring NP (vs. AT) were less certain about treatment preference, preferred a shared decision, and had greater knowledge.
Although a substantial proportion of men preferred AS, this was associated with anxiety and uncertainty, suggesting that this may be a difficult choice.
Increasing the appropriate use of AS for low-risk prostate cancer will require additional reassurance and information, and reaching men almost immediately after diagnosis while the decision-making is ongoing. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 25(8); 1240-50. ©2016 AACR.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Treatment Preferences for Active Surveillance versus Active Treatment among Men with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
- Creators
- Kathryn L Taylor - Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. taylorkl@georgetown.eduRichard M Hoffman - Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine/Iowa City VA Medical Center, IowaKimberly M Davis - Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DCGeorge Luta - Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DCAmethyst Leimpeter - Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern CaliforniaTania Lobo - Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DCScott P Kelly - Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DCJun Shan - Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern CaliforniaDavid Aaronson - Department of Urology, Kaiser Permanente East Bay, Oakland, CaliforniaCatherine A Tomko - Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DCAmy J Starosta - Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DCCharlotte J Hagerman - Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DCStephen K Van Den Eeden - Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, Vol.25(8), pp.1240-1250
- DOI
- 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1079
- PMID
- 27257092
- PMCID
- PMC4970911
- ISSN
- 1055-9965
- eISSN
- 1538-7755
- Grant note
- P30 CA051008 / NCI NIH HHS R01 CA155578 / NCI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2016
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094505102771
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