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active surveillance preferred strategy lowrisk prostate cancer lrpc however limited data determinants adoption exist particularly among black men black white newly diagnosed january 2014 june 2017 patients lrpc 75 years age identified metrodetroit georgia populationbased cancer registries completed survey evaluating factors influencing uptake among 1688 study participants 57 chose 51 black participants 61 white definitive treatment unadjusted analysis patient factors associated initial uptake included older age white race higher education however adjusting covariates none factors significant predictors uptake strongest determinant uptake recommendation urologist adjusted prevalence ratio 659 95 ci 484897 factors associated decision undergo included shared patientphysician treatment decision greater prostate cancer knowledge residence metrodetroit compared georgia conversely men whose decision strongly influenced desire achieve cure live longer treatment perceived lrpc diagnosis serious less likely choose contemporary sample majority patients newly diagnosed lrpc chose although input urologists highly influential several patient decisional psychological factors independently associated uptake data shed new light potentially modifiable factors help increase uptake among patients lrpc