Making sense of symptoms in men with prostate cancer: a longitudinal qualitative exploration. Int J Urol Nurs 2012;6:107e114.Brunton L, Booker J, Molassiotis A (2012) Making sense of symptoms in men with prostate cancer: a longitudinal qualitative exploration. Intern J Urolog Nurs. In press...
Prostate cancer can be "tricky" and grow silently. Depending on the site that comes up, the tumor can grow in the opposite direction to the urethra, causing no compression of the latter. In these cases there are no symptoms until advanced stages of the disease. The digital rectal ...
Prostate cancer is comprised nearly always of adenocarcinomacells -- cells that arise from glandular tissue. Cancer cells are named according to the organ in which they originate no matter where in the body we find such cells. Thus, if prostate cancer cells spread in the body to the bones, ...
These symptoms don’t always mean you have prostate cancer. Some other conditions may have similar signs. Prostatitis.This is often abacterial infectionthat causesinflammationof your prostate gland. At least half of men will have it at some point.Medicationscan treat it. Prostatitis symptoms include...
These symptoms don’t always mean you have prostate cancer. Some other conditions may have similar signs. Prostatitis.This is often abacterial infectionthat causesinflammationof your prostate gland. At least half of men will have it at some point.Medicationscan treat it. Prostatitis symptoms include...
Men sought support in the hope that they and their partner could adapt to changes in their sexual life by applying coping strategies they had developed in their previous joint lives. Each treatment produces distinct symptoms. Each person has different values. Sexuality is personal. Each patient’s...
The medical records of 151 patients were reviewed, with particular attention to age and year at diagnosis, race, symptoms at presentation, family history of prostate cancer, histologic grade, clinical and pathologic stage, treatment modality, and clinical outcome.Results. Univariate analyses demonstrated...
The combination of emotional distress and financial obligations associated with cancer care may impede the ability of the patient to cope effectively with the disease, its symptoms and its treatment thereby adversely affecting health outcomes. In the context of patient-centered cancer care, the ...
Gleason grade remains an important prognostic predictor in men diagnosed with prostate cancer while on finasteride therapy To evaluate men treated with finasteride for lower urinary tract symptoms, who subsequently were diagnosed with prostate cancer and had a radical prostatec... BS Carver,MW Kattan,...
Risk factors for prostate cancer include older age (cases before 40 are rare),family historyand race. Black men are at a higher risk of developing prostate cancer with one in six Black men being diagnosed in his lifetime versus men of other races who are diagnosed at a rate of one in e...