Why men with a low-risk prostate cancer select and stay on active surveillance: A qualitative study

• Aaron T. Seaman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• Kathryn L. Taylor,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Kimberly Davis,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Kenneth G. Nepple,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Urology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• John H. Lynch,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America, Prostate Cancer Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Anthony D. Oberle,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• Ingrid J. Hall,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Robert J. Volk,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Services Research, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

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• Heather Schacht Reisinger,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5348-063X

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• Richard M. Hoffman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Richard-M-Hoffman@uiowa.edu

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4714-7726

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