Active surveillance is the course of action in the early stages of prostate cancer. In my case scans showed a quite enlarged prostate and the Gleason scores on my extensive biopsy showed high grade cancer in some regions so a prostatectomy was necessary to prevent the cancer from spreading to lymph nodes and other organs. I was fortunate I had the surgery before any cancer was detected in surrounding tissue and my PSA scores have been zero over the last two years.
