Guidance
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December 2021: We have reviewed the evidence and made a new recommendation on risk stratification for people with newly diagnosed prostate cancer. This recommendation is marked [2021].
We have also made changes to other recommendations without an evidence review to reflect the change in risk stratification model. These recommendations are marked [2008, amended 2021], [2014, amended 2021] or [2019, amended 2021].
Recommendations marked [2008], [2014] or [2019] last had an evidence review in 2008, 2014 or 2019 respectively. Changes made to recommendations in 2014 that did not come from a new evidence review are marked [2008, amended 2014].
We added links to our interventional procedures guidance on focal therapy using high-intensity focused ultrasound for localised prostate cancer and focal therapy using cryoablation for localised prostate cancer (see recommendation 1.3.28).
May 2019: We reviewed the evidence and made new recommendations on diagnosis, treatment and monitoring for people with prostate cancer.
Minor changes since publication
November 2023: In recommendation 1.1.1 we added a link to the NICE guideline on patient experience in adult NHS services and removed the link to the guideline on improving outcomes in urological cancers.
May 2022: We amended the explanation of how recommendations 1.2.14 and 1.2.15 might affect practice, to clarify how the CPG 4 and 5 groups align with the previous high-risk group.
December 2021: Minor changes to redirect NICE Pathways links.
November 2020: We corrected the unit of measurement for PSA velocity to nanogram/ml/year in recommendations 1.2.11 and 1.2.12.
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