Is Watchful Waiting The Right Thing To Do When You Have Prostate Cancer?

Intellectual Medicine · Jul 7, 2026 · 18m · transcript

Is “watchful waiting” for prostate cancer really the safest path—or could it be creating more harm than help?Today on Intellectual Medicine, Dr. Stephen Petteruti challenges the conventional use of watchful waiting and active surveillance in prostate cancer management. He argues that prostate biopsies and many standard treatment strategies often do little to improve long-term survival while subjecting patients to significant physical, emotional, and psychological burdens.Dr. Petteruti explains why he believes prostate biopsies have become outdated, questions the benefits of repeated…