Choose wisely: therapeutic decisions and quality of life in patients with prostate cancer

Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2007 Jun;11(3):401-8. doi: 10.1188/07.CJON.401-408.

Abstract

A diagnosis of localized prostate cancer propels patients and their partners into the complex realm of decision making. The decision-making process and final choice of treatment affect quality of life (QOL). Physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of QOL all can be impacted. Making a choice regarding cancer treatment is a high-risk decision. The decision-making process for localized prostate cancer is complicated further by a lack of scientific evidence that supports one treatment rather than another.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Aged
  • Brachytherapy / adverse effects
  • Brachytherapy / psychology
  • Choice Behavior*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Helping Behavior
  • Humans
  • Life Style
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Nurse's Role / psychology
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Oncology Nursing
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Patient Participation / methods
  • Patient Participation / psychology*
  • Patient Selection
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Prostatectomy / adverse effects
  • Prostatectomy / psychology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / psychology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Quality of Life / psychology*
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects
  • Radiotherapy / psychology
  • Social Support
  • Spouses / education
  • Spouses / psychology
  • Treatment Outcome