 Watchful Waiting
"Watchful Waiting" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Clinical management approach wherein immediate therapy is not provided but there is a period of observation during which periodic tests monitor patient and the progression of the illness. (Driffield T, Smith PC Med Decis Making. 2007 Mar-Apr;27(2):178-88)
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D057832
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.559.590.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Watchful Waiting- Watchful Waiting
- Waiting, Watchful
- Waitings, Watchful
- Watchful Waitings
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| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2019 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2024 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Watchful Waiting" by people in Profiles.
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Boysen M, Lai SH, Byers S, Widmar M, Loria A, Russell T, Abelson JS, Fleming FJ, Monson JR, Vogel JD. Rectal Cancer Watch-and-Wait Management of Patients With Tumors Within Versus Beyond the Reach of Digital Rectal Examination. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Apr; 33(4):2856-2864.
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Jenkins TC, Hersh AL, Stein AB, Narayan R, Eggleston A, Frost HM. Watchful Waiting for Children With Acute Otitis Media: Frequency of Use and Outcomes in Clinical Practice. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2025 Dec 03; 14(12).
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Rinehart DJ, Gilbert A, Andersen LM, Gray TW, O'Leary S, Frost HM. Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Watchful Waiting for Pediatric Acute Otitis Media. J Pediatr. 2026 Feb; 289:114904.
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Weerasingha SD, Selvaratnam RJ, Davey MA, Butler SE, Palmer KR, Davies-Tuck ML. Optimal Timing of Term Births by Maternal Region of Birth: Elective Induction of Labor Compared to Expectant Management in Victoria, Australia. Birth. 2026 Mar; 53(1):108-119.
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Gould MK, de Bie E, Qi L, Creekmur B, Mazzone PJ, Mularski RA, Ritzwoller DP, Slatore CG, Vachani A, Walter EC, Wiener RS, Dyer DS, McEvoy CE, Kelly K, Smith-Bindman R, Miglioretti DL. Baseline Characteristics of Participants and Pulmonary Nodules in the Watch the Spot Trial: A Pragmatic Trial of Less versus More Intensive Strategies for Active Surveillance of Patients With Small Pulmonary Nodules. Clin Lung Cancer. 2025 Sep; 26(6):e472-e482.e1.
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Lai SH, Widmar M, Monson JRT, Fleming FJ, Morris AM, Vogel JD. Rectal Cancer Watch-and-Wait Management: Experience of 545 Patients From the US Rectal Cancer Research Group. Dis Colon Rectum. 2025 Feb 01; 68(2):180-189.
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Williams H, Omer DM, Thompson HM, Lin ST, Verheij FS, Miranda J, Yuval JB, Buckley J, Marco MR, Qin LX, Dombroski DA, Kedar R, Oto A, Korngold E, Veniero JC, Gandhi S, Krishnaraj A, Jagtiani M, Ohanian K, Vu D, Hope TA, Lee S, Wasnik AP, Madhuripan N, Gollub MJ, Garcia-Aguilar J. MRI Predicts Residual Disease and Outcomes in Watch-and-Wait Patients with Rectal Cancer. Radiology. 2024 09; 312(3):e232748.
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Nguyen PD, Nahmias J, Aryan N, Samuels JM, Cripps M, Carmichael H, McIntyre R, Urban S, Burlew CC, Velopulos C, Ballow S, Dirks RC, Spalding MC, LaRiccia A, Farrell MS, Stein DM, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Mentzer CJ, Mack TJ, Ball CG, Mukherjee K, Mladenov G, Haase DJ, Abdou H, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Bala M, Keric N, Crigger M, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Egodage T, Williamson J, Cardenas TC, Eugene V, Patel K, Costello K, Bonne S, Elgammal FS, Dorlac W, Pederson C, Werner NL, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Semon G, Spoor K, Harmon LA, Grigorian A. Observation-first versus angioembolization-first approach in stable patients with blunt liver trauma: A WTA multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Nov 01; 97(5):764-769.
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Walter JR, Barnhart KT, Koelper NC, Santoro NF, Zhang H, Thomas TR, Huang H, Harvie HS. Cost-effectiveness analysis of expectant vs active management for treatment of persistent pregnancies of unknown location. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Sep; 231(3):328.e1-328.e11.
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Aryan N, Grigorian A, Tay-Lasso E, Cripps M, Carmichael H, McIntyre R, Urban S, Velopulos C, Cothren Burlew C, Ballow S, Dirks RC, LaRiccia A, Farrell MS, Stein DM, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Mentzer CJ, Mack TJ, Ball CG, Mukherjee K, Mladenov G, Haase DJ, Abdou H, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Bala M, Keric N, Crigger M, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Egodage T, Williamson J, Cardenas TC, Eugene V, Patel K, Costello K, Bonne S, Elgammal FS, Dorlac W, Pederson C, Werner NL, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Semon G, Spoor K, Harmon LA, Samuels JM, Spalding MC, Nahmias J. High-grade liver injuries with contrast extravasation managed initially with interventional radiology versus observation: A secondary analysis of a WTA multicenter study. Am J Surg. 2024 Aug; 234:105-111.
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