A study looking at how common anxiety and depression are in men having active surveillance for prostate cancer

This study questioned men with prostate cancer who have chosen to delay treatment, to find out how much they are at risk of anxiety and depression.

If you have prostate cancer that is completely inside the prostate, you can have the following treatments

• Surgery

• Radiotherapy

• Hormone therapy

If your cancer is slow growing, your doctor can carefully monitor your cancer and only treat it if it gets worse. This is called active surveillance. If you choose active surveillance you avoid treatment side effects but need to live with the risk of your cancer possibly getting worse in the future.