USANZ welcomes US Preventative Services Task Force new recommendation on Prostate Cancer testing The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand welcomes the latest United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft Recommendation Statement on prostate cancer testing which replaces its controversial 2012 guidelines which advised against testing for the disease.
This study looks at how communication contributes to health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for men living with prostate cancer. The rise of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in the 1990s has resulted in more accurate testing and, as a consequence, many men are now symptom-free at diagnosis. But more men are faced with the prospect of…
I looked at the communication tensions experienced by men who were on a prostate biopsy waiting list and how they managed these tensions using their networks. As background, the worldwide incidence of prostate cancer is increasing significantly and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future; a trend also reflected in New Zealand. The…
This study seeks to identify the factors that shape the communication networks of men on a prostate biopsy waiting list and find out how these factors relate to their disclosure about their changing health status. Men facing a potential diagnosis of prostate cancer are in a challenging situation; the benefits of disclosing their changing health…
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