Some of the most interesting data on the management of prostate cancer seem to be coming out of Australia in recent years — and the newly reported data from the ProCare trial is a case in point. … READ MORE …
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Back in 2014, the American Cancer Society (ACS) issued a really rather thorough set of guidelines on the long-term management of survivors after initial treatment for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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In June last year the American Cancer Society (ACS) published the first-ever set of long-term care guidelines for prostate cancer survivors. The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink addressed and discussed those guidelines at the time of their publication. … READ MORE …
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As long-time readers of this column will be aware, The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has been less than enthused by some of the attitudes of the American Cancer Society (ACS) when it comes to education of physicians and patients about prostate cancer. However, praise is important when praise is due! … READ MORE …
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Some readers of this blog may get some insights by reading a blogpost on the CancerNetwork web site with the above title. … READ MORE …
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The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has recently been arguing that prostate cancer patients who receive definitive treatment for their prostate cancer with curative intent need follow-up “survivorship care plans” or SCPs to be help them to optimize their recovery after treatment and their consequent quality of life. … READ MORE …
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Late last week we commented briefly on a paper (by Darwish-Yassine et al.) entitled “Evaluating long-term patient centered outcomes following prostate cancer treatment: findings from the Michigan Prostate Cancer Survivor study.” … READ MORE …
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The Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) has made available a survey tool about cancer survivorship that is open to all cancer survivors (whether or not you have participated in clinical trials of any type). SWOG’s prostate cancer patient representative has asked us to make this available to the prostate cancer community. … READ MORE …
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According to a report on the Medscape Oncology web site this morning, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has just released, for the first time, guidelines for clinicians that address factors affecting “survivorship” after a diagnosis of and treatment for cancer. … READ MORE …
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A new article in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians provides updated issues on the numbers of people surviving after a diagnosis of cancer in America, and includes data specific to prostate cancer survival. The full text of this article is available on line. … READ MORE …
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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. … READ MORE …
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THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 