Strategies adopted by men to deal with uncertainty and anxiety when following an active surveillance/monitoring protocol for localised prostate cancer and implications for care: a longitudinal qualitative study embedded within the ProtecT trial

• Julia Wade,
• Vincent J Gnanapragasam,
• David Neal,
• Athene Lane,
• Edward Rowe,
• Freddie Hamdy,
• James Catto,
• Emma Turner,
• David Gillatt,
• Eleanor Walsh,
• Derek Rosario,
• Roger Kockelbergh,
• Alan Paul,
• Peter Holding,
• Howard Kynaston,
• Owen Hughes,
• Prasad Bollina,
• Alan Doherty,
• Edgar Paez

Affiliations

Julia Wade

Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, UK

Vincent J Gnanapragasam

1 Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

David Neal

Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Athene Lane

Bristol Trials Centre (Bristol Randomised Trial Collaboration), Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Bristol, Avon, UK

Edward Rowe

6 Bristol Urology Institute, Department of Urology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK

Freddie Hamdy

Aff482 grid.4991.50000000419368948Nuffield Department of Surgical SciencesUniversity of Oxford Oxford England UK

James Catto

Academic Urology Unit, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Emma Turner

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

David Gillatt

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Eleanor Walsh

1School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Derek Rosario

consultant urological surgeon

Roger Kockelbergh

Department of Urology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

Alan Paul

Department of Urology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

Peter Holding

Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Howard Kynaston

School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Owen Hughes

Department of Urology, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK

Prasad Bollina

Department of Urology, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK

Alan Doherty

Department of Urology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Edgar Paez

Department of Urology, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK