Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh, Christopher J D Wallis, Carolyn Diehl, Daniel A Barocas, Laura M Beskow
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The lived experience of prostate cancer: 10-year survivor perspectives following contemporary treatment of localized prostate cancer.
Purpose: Studies relying on standardized instruments to measure patient-centered harms and benefits of cancer treatment may fail to capture important elements of the lived experience of cancer patients. Further, qualitative studies on the survivorship experience of men with localized prostate cancer (PCa) are limited. We sought to explore the early experience, long-term experience, and advice provided for others among long-term survivors of localized PCa.
Methods: Semi-structured qualitative interviews with a subset (n = 66) of respondents to a survey of 10-year PCa survivors who underwent active surveillance, radical prostatectomy, or radiotherapy. Topics included early and long-term experiences and advice to other men and physicians.
Results: Immediately after treatment, men were mostly satisfied with radiation and active surveillance due to remaining whole and avoiding surgical removal of the prostate. Meanwhile, men treated with surgery felt relieved by the removal of cancer. Some early negative perception was related to short-term anxiety, particularly among men who underwent active surveillance. Long-term experiences included accepting the trade-offs of urinary and sexual side effects with survival. Most men fared well financially, some had strengthened relationships, and many reported greater appreciation and compassion. Men provided essential advice to other men and physicians on the importance of gathering detailed information on treatments and establishing a strong relationship with physicians.
Conclusions: Long-term survivors of localized PCa generally do well by accepting the long-term effects of contemporary treatments, experiencing strengthened relationships, and developing a better overall life approach.
Implications for cancer survivors: We provide useful perspectives and insights for men opting to use current-day treatments for localized PCa.
期刊介绍:
Cancer survivorship is a worldwide concern. The aim of this multidisciplinary journal is to provide a global forum for new knowledge related to cancer survivorship. The journal publishes peer-reviewed papers relevant to improving the understanding, prevention, and management of the multiple areas related to cancer survivorship that can affect quality of care, access to care, longevity, and quality of life. It is a forum for research on humans (both laboratory and clinical), clinical studies, systematic and meta-analytic literature reviews, policy studies, and in rare situations case studies as long as they provide a new observation that should be followed up on to improve outcomes related to cancer survivors. Published articles represent a broad range of fields including oncology, primary care, physical medicine and rehabilitation, many other medical and nursing specialties, nursing, health services research, physical and occupational therapy, public health, behavioral medicine, psychology, social work, evidence-based policy, health economics, biobehavioral mechanisms, and qualitative analyses. The journal focuses exclusively on adult cancer survivors, young adult cancer survivors, and childhood cancer survivors who are young adults. Submissions must target those diagnosed with and treated for cancer.