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There are few good data on the occurrence of chronic fatigue after first-line treatment of localized prostate cancer.
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This week Dana Jennings writes about the fatigue that he and many men with more advanced forms of prostate cancer feel — from the cancer itself and also from the treatments needed to keep it under as much control as possible.
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There are a lot of news items this weekend. This first batch addresses studies on: The incidence of clinically insignificant prostate cancer Bladder and rectal cancers as side effects of radiotherapy for management of localized prostate cancer. Fatigue in cancer patients in general (and prostate cancer therapy specifically). The appropriate use of androgen deprivation therapy [...]
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A newly published study reports that, in patients who have been or are being treated for prostate cancer, ”Nurses should be more alert to the possibility of additional treatment-related symptoms when fatigue or emotional distress is present.” Clearly, such a finding is also something patients and their family members or caregivers should be conscious of as well.
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Newly published studies today include data on: Risk for patients with prostate atypia on biopsy having a subsequent diagnosis of prostate cancer Patterns of failure of patients treated with brachytherapy for localized disease Quality of life following differing types of radiotherapy Second-line antiandrogen therapy following initial failure of a first-line antiandrogen in advanced prostate cancer [...]
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: androgen deprivation, antiandrogen, atypia, bicalutamide, brachytherapy, cancer, depression, fatigue, flutamide, irritability, mood, prostate, quality of life, radiotherapy | Leave a Comment »
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