Carbohydrate quality and human health: a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Lancet, 393(10170), 434-445. and the Otago Southland Diabetes Research Trust. 94 the light of current evidence, dietary glycaemic index or glycaemic load may be less useful as overall measures 95 of carbohydrate quality than dietary fibre and wholegrain content.

Patient-provider communication is a valuable resource to support patients with prostate cancer coping with the disease and to improve their HRQoL. Future interventions should be designed especially for urologists to enhance their awareness for the importance of communication and the relationship with their patients with prostate cancer for treatment outcomes.

HRQOL is an important aspect in the decision-making and advising process for patients with prostate cancer. In many aspects of HRQOL, AS is associated with more favourable outcomes than RP within the first 1-2 years after diagnosis in our observational design, although the differences were not clinically significant. The result that HRQOL in AS patients is at least as high as in RP patients should be considered when advising patients about the different treatment options for low-risk localised prostate cancer.

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