We often hear — from patients themselves and also from spouses and partners — about what they see as a failure of some physicians to address the problems that they want to discuss … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: Multidisciplinary, nurse, responsibility, team, value | 8 Comments »
There is an interesting editorial just published on line in the Journal of Urology and written by Prof. Joseph Smith of Vanderbilt University. Unfortunately, because it is an editorial, there is no abstract, and the text is only accessible if you are a subscriber to the journal. … READ MORE …
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If one is to believe a recent blog post on ACCCBuzz (promoting the upcoming annual meeting of the Association of Community Cancer Centers), the average community-based medical oncologist (not to mention the average community-based urologist) apparently makes little attempt to implement high quality guidance about quality of life for men with prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 