Category Archives: 2020

Article summary: International Journal of Urological Nursing, July 2020 Kim Donachie, Erik Cornel, Marian Adriaansen, Rosa Mennes, Inge van Oort, Esther Bakker, Lilian Lechner DOI: 10.1111/ijun.12242 “Active surveillance is a conservative treatment approach that involves close monitoring of prostate cancer. During surveillance patients do not undergo active treatment but remain under close surveillance. Active surveillanceContinue reading “Optimizing psychosocial support in prostate cancer patients during active surveillance”

Article Abstract and comment: Journal of Advanced Nursing October 2020 Chien, CH, Chung, HJ, Liu, KL, Pang, ST et al. DOI 10.1111/jan.14471 Note: This is an interesting study from Taiwan which explores a couples-based intervention specifically for men with recently diagnosed prostate cancer. They did not achieve a result for patients but did see significantContinue reading “Effectiveness of a couple-based psychosocial intervention on patients with prostate cancer and their partners: A quasi-experimental study”

Article Abstract and comment: Seminars in Oncology Nursing 36(4) 2020 Samantha Jakimowicz, Tracy Levett-Jones and Suzanne K. Chambers DOI:10.1016/j.soncn.2020.151041 Note: This research refers to a trial of the Distress Screening for Prostate Cancer (DSPC) e-learning module currently available for free by the University of Technology Sydney. This course is highly recommended by the Prostate CancerContinue reading “Distress Screening for Men with Prostate Cancer”

Journal article extract: Journal of Clinical Oncology Volume 38 Supplement 2020 Phoebe A. Tsao, Ryan Ross, Amy S. B. Bohnert, Bhramar Mukherjee, and Megan Veresh Caram DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.12100 “Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is associated with an increased risk of depression and anxiety, raising the concern that a substantial portion of men with prostate cancer needContinue reading “Depression, anxiety, and patterns of mental health care among men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT)”

Journal article Abstract: European Urology Focus Volume 6 Issue 6 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2019.11.010 “Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a common treatment for many men with prostate cancer. Use of ADT can have significant impacts on the mental health of patients with both localized and advanced disease. Prostate cancer patients receiving ADT have a 41% higherContinue reading “Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Mental Health: Impact on Depression and Cognition”

Journal article extract: Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16 December 2020 Louise Moodie, Gabriela Ilie, Robert Rutledge, Pantelis Andreou and Susan Kirkland DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.586260 “Taken together with other recent reports in the literature, the results of this study point to a need that is currently unacknowledged and unaddressed in prostate cancer survivorship care plans throughout Canada. LeavingContinue reading “Assessment of Current Mental Health Status in a Population-Based Sample of Canadian Men With and Without a History of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: An Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)”

Journal article extract: Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 29, Issue 1-2, 2020 Nicholas Ralph, Anna Green, Sally Sara, Suzanne McDonald, Philip Norris, Victoria Terry, Jeffrey C. Dunn, Suzanne K. Chambers DOI 10.1111/jocn.15096 “Specialist nurses are providing long-term survivorship care to men and their partners, however, few prostate cancer survivorship interventions are effective and priorities forContinue reading “Prostate cancer survivorship priorities for men and their partners: Delphi consensus from a nurse specialist cohort”