{"title":"Nursing management of a patient with prostate cancer.","authors":"Richard L Pullen, Virginia Holter","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000248","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Prostate cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men, particularly affecting those over age 65 and disproportionately impacting African American males and those with a family history of PCa. This disease often presents without early symptoms, making screening through Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Tests and digital rectal examinations vital. Additional risk factors include genetic mutations, chronic inflammation, and lifestyle factors such as diet and obesity. Treatment depends on disease stage and may include surgery, focal ablative therapy, radiotherapy, androgen deprivation therapy, and chemotherapy. Whereas early-stage PCa is often curable, advanced cases focus on controlling symptoms and improving the patient's quality of life. Nurses play a critical role in patient education, symptom management, and holistic care. This article discusses risk factors, signs and symptoms, pathophysiology, staging, treatment, and nursing management of patients with PCa.</p>","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"25-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000248","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/8/25 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: Prostate cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men, particularly affecting those over age 65 and disproportionately impacting African American males and those with a family history of PCa. This disease often presents without early symptoms, making screening through Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Tests and digital rectal examinations vital. Additional risk factors include genetic mutations, chronic inflammation, and lifestyle factors such as diet and obesity. Treatment depends on disease stage and may include surgery, focal ablative therapy, radiotherapy, androgen deprivation therapy, and chemotherapy. Whereas early-stage PCa is often curable, advanced cases focus on controlling symptoms and improving the patient's quality of life. Nurses play a critical role in patient education, symptom management, and holistic care. This article discusses risk factors, signs and symptoms, pathophysiology, staging, treatment, and nursing management of patients with PCa.
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Nursing2020 (ISSN 0360-4039; online ISSN 1538-8689) published its first issue in November 1971, under founders Gene W. Jackson and Daniel Cheney. In the intervening years, its circulation has grown to over 150,000, making it one of the largest nursing journals in the world. Published monthly, Nursing2020 is widely regarded as offering current, practical contents to its readers, and has won many editorial awards testifying to the quality of its copy and graphics. The editorial and clinical staff, a 19-member Editorial Board of distinguished clinicians and practitioners, and over 100 invited reviewers help ensure the quality of this publication.
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