watchful waiting
noun[U]
medicalspecializeduk/ˌwɒtʃ.fəl ˈweɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˌwɑːtʃ.fəl ˈweɪ.t̬ɪŋ/a way oftreatingamedicalconditionthatinvolvesaperiodofwaitingandwatchingforfurthersymptoms(=signsofdisease)todevelop,ratherthanimmediatetreatmentsuch assurgeryorchemotherapy:
观察等待治疗More men with low-riskprostatecancerare nowoptingforwatchfulwaitingratherthanundergoingsurgery.现在，越来越多患有低风险前列腺癌的男性选择接受观察等待治疗，而不是手术。
Compare
active surveillance
Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
- aggressively
- bed blocker
- bed-blocking
- birth tourism
- bring
- clinic
- logroll
- logrolling
- look aftersomeone/something
- medical tourism
- minister
- nurse
- patch
- rehospitalize
- respite care
- self-care
- setsomethingup
- soother
- tend
- treat