The ability to “manage” patients’ satisfaction with their care in the treatment of localized prostate cancer is challenging — for patients, for caregivers, for physicians, and for health systems. … READ MORE …
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An interesting article has just been published in the Journal of Urology which helps to provide information (and context) about the quality of data supporting the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in the treatment of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: choice, effectiveness, focused, HIFU, high-intensity, patient, preference, safety, ultrasound | 6 Comments »
The question between different types of physician as to whether radiation therapy or surgery is “better” for the first-line, curative treatment of localized prostate cancer has now been debated (over and over) for more than 40 years. … READ MORE …
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In another presentation from the ESMO meeting in Madrid, Spain, Fizazi et al. presented data from the randomized CABA-DOC trial exploring patients’ preferences for either docetaxel or cabazitaxel as a first-line form of chemotherapy. … READ MORE …
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This month’s issue of Urologic Oncology contains a series of six articles that may be of particular interest to prostate cancer support group leaders and other prostate cancer educators. … READ MORE …
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According to a newly published paper in European Urology, a simple, hour-long lecture and training session can improve the ability of physicians to counsel patients systematically about active sureveillance and, at one major center, improved patient acceptance of active surveillance by as much as 17 percent. … READ MORE …
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According to a newly published paper in the Journal of Urology,
Emotional distress may motivate men with low risk prostate cancer to choose more aggressive treatment. Addressing emotional distress before and during treatment decision making may reduce a barrier to the uptake of active surveillance.
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In this week’s New England Journal of Medicine there is what your sitemaster considers to be a highly informative article on what is known as “therapeutic illusion” and its impact on clinical practice. … READ MORE …
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The question of whether men should be regularly screened for risk of prostate cancer through the use of the PSA test is (at least) controversial … READ MORE …
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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 question. … READ MORE …
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There is significant use of a variety of forms of complementary and alternative forms of medicine (CAM) among patients with localized prostate cancer. A new study in the Journal of Community Health has explored the prevalence and predictors of such behavior in a rural community setting. … READ MORE …
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The need for patients diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer to be highly involved in the decision as to which form of management they wish to be given is well understood. However, there has been a relative dearth of data on why patients actually make their individual decisions. … READ MORE …
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