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Illness Uncertainty and Its Antecedents for Patients With Prostate Cancer and Their Partners

Ting Guan
Peiran Guo
Sheila Judge Santacroce
Ding-Geng Chen
Lixin Song
ONF 2020, 47(6), 721-731 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.721-731
Objectives: Guided by Mishel’s uncertainty in illness theory, patterns of change in uncertainty were explored over time for patients with prostate cancer and their partners. In addition, the relationships between uncertainty and its antecedents were examined, and the role effects (patient versus...
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Understanding Men’s Experiences With Prostate Cancer Stigma: A Qualitative Study

Richard Buote
Erin Cameron
Ryan Collins
Erin McGowan
ONF 2020, 47(5), 577-585 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.577-585
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and perspectives of men who have had prostate cancer to better understand the effect of prostate cancer and associated stigmas on men in the Canadian province Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). Participants & Setting: Eleven men...
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Hot Flashes: Clinical Summary of the ONS Guidelines™ for Cancer Treatment–Related Hot Flashes in Women With Breast Cancer and Men With Prostate Cancer

Marcelle Kaplan
Suzanne M. Mahon
Barbara G. Lubejko
Pamela K. Ginex
CJON 2020, 24(4), 430-433 DOI: 10.1188/20.CJON.430-433
Cancer-related hot flashes are often a lasting and distressing side effect of hormone-blocking therapies that are most often experienced by women with breast cancer and men with prostate cancer treated with these therapies. Hot flashes have been defined as a sensation of heat that may be...
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Metastatic Prostate Cancer: An Update on Treatments and a Review of Patient Symptom Management

Lawrence Drudge-Coates
Anthony Delacruz
Richard Gledhill
Philiz Goh
Brian Tomlinson
CJON 2020, 24(4), 369-378 DOI: 10.1188/20.CJON.369-378
Background: Available treatment options have improved overall survival and contributed to delayed progression, but metastatic prostate cancer remains incurable. Treatment strategies are based on disease progression assessed by a combination of biochemical, radiographic, and symptomatic changes...
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The Ecology of Patients’ Sexual Health Adjustment After Prostate Cancer Treatment: The Influence of the Social and Healthcare Environment

Asa Benjamin Smith
Daniela Wittmann
Denise Saint Arnault
ONF 2020, 47(4), 469-478 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.469-478
Purpose: Little empirical research identifies environmental influences on sexual recovery of men with prostate cancer. This secondary qualitative analysis aimed to describe the role of the patients’ environment on their sexual recovery process following prostate cancer surgery. Participants &...
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