Methods Eighteen men who had completed treatment for prostate cancer 6months prior were interviewed for this study. Constant comparison was used to examine the main themes arising from the interviews. Results Barriers to physical activity tended not to be related to the physical side effects of ...
Even if your cancer is so early you choose to “just watch and wait, you have the psychological side effects of waiting to see what happens with your cancer,” he says. More aggressive treatments, like surgery, beam radiation, brachytherapy or radioactive “seeds,” or hormone therapy, could...
We identified patient and disease characteristics associated with (1) "current" physical side-effects of any severity; and (2) "severe" physical side-effects "ever" experienced by 3,348 (54%) prostate cancer (PCa) survivors in Ireland diagnosed 2-18 years previously. Postal questionnaires collec...
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1 h/wk (HR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.48-0.94).Higher levels of physical activity were associated with reduced rates of overall and prostate cancer-specific mortality.Our study further strengthens previous results indicating beneficial effects of physical activity on survival among men with prostate cancer....
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“Sexual dysfunction is a common, distressing, and persistent side effect of prostate cancer treatment, with both physical and psychological effects,” Professor Galvao said. “Our study shows these patients can immediately benefit from supervised exercise interventions to ...
Metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a disease state characterized by a testosterone level of less than 50 ng/dL, with 2 consecutive increases in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with a PSA level of 2 ng/dL or more. ...
It uses computer-generated images to plan and then deliver tightly focused radiation beams to prostate cancer tumors. It lets your treatment team vary the beam intensity to "paint" a precise radiation dose to the shape and depth of the tumor. It also reduces the harmful effects of doses on...