{"title":"TAKING ACTION TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR MEN LIVING WITH AND BEYOND PROSTATE CANCER.","authors":"Patsy Yates, Wei-Hong Liu, Cyril Dixon","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Australia prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, with around 20,000 diagnosed each year (AIHW 2013, 2014). The many who survive it often battle with significant side-effects from treatment such as incontinence, loss of sexual function, fatigue and psychology issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 6","pages":"35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In Australia prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, with around 20,000 diagnosed each year (AIHW 2013, 2014). The many who survive it often battle with significant side-effects from treatment such as incontinence, loss of sexual function, fatigue and psychology issues.