Summary
This guidance is for urologists and other health professionals involved in the management of men with localised, low-risk prostate cancer. The guidance clarifies what active surveillance is and the roles and responsibilities of the different health professionals involved.
This guidance should be used to support decision-making between a man and his health professional and will help to standardise the level of care that men receive, no matter where in New Zealand they live.
This guidance has been endorsed by the: the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, New Zealand Genito Urinary Special Interest Group, the New Zealand Society of Pathologists and the New Zealand branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists.