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- Title
Prostate cancer: Can I have a PSA test please nurse?
- Authors
Johnson, Helen
- Abstract
Prostate cancer incidence is increasing. There were more than 41000 cases in 2011. Is this because prostate cancer is becoming endemic or because prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is becoming endemic? More men are now requesting the test as media coverage gathers pace and practice nurses on the front-line of primary care are getting more requests from asymptomatic men who believe that their lives will be saved if they get checked out. This article aims to discuss some of the signs, symptoms and risk factors of prostate cancer and the evidence for and against PSA testing, as well as discussing some of the consequences of biopsy and treatment, and guidelines to help practice nurses counsel men to make an informed choice.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; PROSTATE; BIOPSY; MEDICAL office nursing; PROFESSIONAL associations; INFORMATION resources; PROSTATE-specific antigen; DISEASE prevalence; PROSTATE tumors; EARLY detection of cancer; PATIENT decision making; SYMPTOMS; DIAGNOSIS; ANATOMY; TUMOR risk factors; PREVENTION
- Publication
Practice Nursing, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
0964-9271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/pnur.2016.27.1.22