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It is well understood that there can be big differences between what we are told and what we later say and think that we heard. It is also the case that what we are told may commonly reflect the beliefs of the person doing the telling (as opposed to actual, factual information).
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: decision, expectation, perspective, selection, Treatment | 7 Comments »
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.
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: decision-making, expectation, outcome, surgery | 4 Comments »
Over the past 20 years, the role of “screening” as a mechanism for early diagnosis of several types of cancer (and other diseases) has become a high-profile and emotional issue in which the value of accurate data has often been swamped by media hype and the claims of specific interest groups. This is true for [...]
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A recent article in Cancer Nursing has reminded us (once again) just how poorly we deal with the concept of survivorship planning for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: expectation, planning, survivorship | 2 Comments »
A newly published study appearing in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine appears to demonstrate that patients newly diagnosed with localized prostate cancer grossly underestimate their life expectancy without treatment and grossly overestimate the survival benefit of treatment.
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: expectation, localized, outcome, patient, prostate cancer, Treatment | 10 Comments »
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