Active Surveillance Monitoring

Active surveillance involves monitoring your prostate cancer closely. A responsible program of active surveillance may include:

• Regular prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests and digital rectal exams (DRE)
• Monitoring PSA doubling time (which may mean having a PSA test every 3 to 6 months)
PSA doubling time estimates how long it will take for a man’s level of prostate-specific antigen to double
• Occasional repeat biopsies
• Follow-up bone scan and / or CT scan to monitor disease progression

You will be offered more aggressive treatment at the first sign your prostate cancer has progressed or tumour has grown.