The following article was originally published in the ASCO Connection magazine on September 22, 2020 (click here for the original). It was written by Anne Katz, PhD, RN, FAAN, a certified sexuality counselor at CancerCare Manitoba and nurse counselor at the Manitoba Prostate Centre. … READ MORE …
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A new survey being conducted by an experienced research team at the University of Calgary in Canada is seeking participants. … READ MORE …
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Your sitemaster is going to write this commentary with as much tact as he can muster but he is aware that this is going to be a very sensitive subject for some readers to deal with. … READ MORE …
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It doesn’t take too much reading or direct experience to realize that, to date, we haven’t been very good at meeting the needs of patients with prostate cancer — or their spouses/partners — when it comes to the sociocultural and psychological needs associated with this disorder. … READ MORE …
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A new study just published yesterday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology provides some interesting insights into the risk for various types of mental and emotional distress associated with diagnosis and treatment of cancer among > 2,100 patients with cancer interviewed according to a standardized protocol in Germany. … READ MORE …
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Based on data from a study published recently in the British Journal of Cancer, media reports have suggested that men in the UK who undergo testing to detect prostate cancer suffer from significant psychological stress. … READ MORE …
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A Dutch research group has published follow-up data related to their continuing evaluation of anxiety and distress levels among men with low-risk, loocalized prostate cancer who are managed with active surveillance at their institution. … READ MORE … >
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There has been good evidence that older cancer patients report less “distress” than younger cancer patients. However, there has been very little research to date into the distinctions among general distress, anxiety, and depression in aging prostate cancer patients. … READ MORE …
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One of the issues that worries people about active surveillance and other forms of “non-interventional” management for prostate cancer is whether patients will suffer unduly from anxiety and distress while living with “untreated” cancer. We know that there are patients who have been on such protocols long-term who do not; we also know that there are some patients who find the idea of living with “untreated” prostate cancer too difficult to deal with. … READ MORE …
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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. … READ MORE …
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