Factors influencing disease progression of prostate cancer under active surveillance: a McGill University Health Center cohort

To evaluate the clinical and pathological factors influencing the risk of disease progression in a cohort of patients with low-intermediate risk prostate cancer under active surveillance (AS).We studied 300 patients diagnosed between 1992 and 2012 with prostate adenocarcinoma with favourable parameters or who refused treatment and were managed with AS. Of those, 155 patients with at least one repeat biopsy and no progression criteria at the time...