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Re : Anna Bill-Axelson, Hans Garmo, Lars Holmberg, et al. Long-term distress after radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in prostate cancer : a longitudinal study from the Scandinavian prostate cancer group-4 randomized clinical trial.
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Goonwardene, S. S, Persad, R., Nanton, Veronica, Young, Annie M. and Makar, A (2014) Re : Anna Bill-Axelson, Hans Garmo, Lars Holmberg, et al. Long-term distress after radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in prostate cancer : a longitudinal study from the Scandinavian prostate cancer group-4 randomized clinical trial. European Urology, 65 (6). e104-e105. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2014.02.010
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2014.02.010
Abstract
We were glad to see the article on long-term distress after radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in prostate cancer [1]. This paper highlights a number of problems experienced worldwide with follow-up of this cohort and the lack of available holistic care facilities. Prostate cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in men [2]. Due to improvements in diagnosis and treatment, the number of survivors is increasing [3]. This often results in overbooked clinics, with patients only receiving treatment of acute medical conditions with no support for accompanying physical and psychological conditions [4]. Taking this into account, we developed a new model. Once patients with prostate cancer have entered the so-called survivorship phase, they are offered the option of entering the prostate cancer survivorship programme. Patients are not followed up in clinic, but their prostate-specific antigen (PSA) numbers are entered into a central database. Patients are also allocated a specialist nurse as a key worker should their clinical situation change or as a way of informing patients to attend the clinic regarding PSA changes triggered from the database.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Prostate -- Cancer -- Treatment, Prostate -- Cancer -- Patients | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Urology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0302-2838 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 16 June 2014 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 65 | ||||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | e104-e105 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.02.010 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
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