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Published on: March 6, 2018
Choose wisely: therapeutic decisions and quality of life in patients with prostate cancer
1School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA. meorourk@uncg.edu
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.
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