Active Surveillance as Initial Management of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer: Data from the PURC.

Purpose: We describe contemporary active surveillance utilization and variation in a regional prostate cancer collaborative. We identified demographic and disease specific factors associated with active surveillance in men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed data from the PURC (Pennsylvania Urologic Regional Collaborative), a cooperative effort of urology practices in southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.