# OnCo record watchful-waiting (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/watchful-waiting/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "watchful-waiting" ;
  schema:name "Watchful waiting, and how it differs from active surveillance"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "watchful waiting"@en, "watch and wait prostate"@en, "deferred hormone therapy"@en, "conservative management prostate"@en ;
  schema:description "Two things that sound the same and are not. Active surveillance monitors a cancer closely so it can still be cured if it grows. Watchful waiting gives up the attempt at cure from the start and treats symptoms if and when they appear."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/watchful-waiting/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-25"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchful_waiting> ;
  schema:citation <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng131/chapter/Recommendations> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/active-surveillance-term/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/cambridge-prognostic-group/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/hormone-therapy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/psa/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate-low-risk/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/active-surveillance/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/cambridge-prognostic-group/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/psa/> .