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The following article, by Ravinder Mohan, MD, PhD, is reproduced from the UroToday web site with kind permission of Dr. Mohan and the publishers of UroToday. We had previously commented on the original article, published last month in American Family Physician.
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Two articles and an associated editorial, currently in press in the Journal of Urology, offer insight into the pre-treatment expectations and the post-treatment realities of men who decide to have surgical treatment for localized prostate cancer.
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A new study based on data from nearly 500 patients gives us some insight into how a selected group of men less than 50 years of age were thinking about treatment for prostate cancer between 2001 and 2005. Whether one would get the same results for a similar group of patient diagnosed today is a good [...]
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A report in Family Medicine gives us some insight into the views of primary care physicians (PCPs) with respect to PSA testing for prostate cancer risk and the appropriate roles of the patient and the physician in the decision to have or not have PSA tests.
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A new study just published in Urology seems to confirm facts that have previously been identified in earlier studies of how men elect to get treated for localized prostate cancer in parts of the USA with a high proportion of African American residents and relatively low income levels.
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If you are a Medicare patient, where you live may have a profound effect on how you get treated for localized prostate cancer (among other things), according to a new report from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
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Men are often torn between involving their family members in health-care decision-making and trying to keep the whole issue to themselves because they just “don’t want to make a big deal about it.” But prostate cancer is a big deal — for the patient and for his immediate family.
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The most interesting thing about the educational process at the AUA this year is the increasing appreciation of the complexity of the decision-making processes required by patients and their doctors as regards prostate cancer risk and management.
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As Leah wrote in a comment on this blog just the other day, “Yes, the ‘D-word’ is still taboo. Death is UNAMERICAN.” The comment stimulated the thought that our preconceptions have significant impact on how we think about risk, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer — and yet there is really very little good research on [...]
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: decision-making, knowledge, Management, perception, Treatment | 26 Comments »
A recent article (and an associated editorial) in the Archives of Internal Medicine evaluated how visits to specialists and primary care physicians (PCPs) by men with localized prostate cancer are related to treatment choice.
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A recent report in Urology focused on the role of information sources in the treatment decision-making process of men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer.
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Today’s news addresses the wide range of “predictive tools” now available to offer prognostic guidance in the management of prostate cancer and the ways in which personality affects treatment decision-making.
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