Patient survey re active surveillance | THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK

Patient survey re active surveillance | THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK

prostatecancerinfolink.net

Patient survey re active surveillance

2-3 minutes

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Sitemaster

AnCan, UsTOO, and Active Surveillance Patients International (ASPI) are working together to conduct a survey of the experiences of men who are on active surveillance (AS), have ever considered AS, or were at one time on AS. Spouses/partners of such men are also able to participate.

They are interested in getting people to complete this survey as soon as is reasonably possible — ideally by the end of the current week.

Here is some detailed information provided by AnCan:

AnCan recognizes the AS community has particular needs that are often left unrecognized by both healthcare providers and support groups. In an effort to address that need, and to provide better services and support, we have designed a questionnaire to explore your quality of care and support. Together with our brothers and sisters at ASPI, we are sending this survey to our participants.

The survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please answer all question – your Care Partners may complete on your behalf and/or for themselves. But please do not fill out more than once on behalf of the same person.

Click here to open and complete the survey. The survey is anonymous, although we ask for a voluntary quote at the end of the survey where you may self-identify if you wish.

By donating just 10 minutes of your time, AnCan believes we can make a big difference to your AS experience. Providers are finally paying attention to the patient voice. If selected, we will have an opportunity to dialog directly with urologists at the American Urological Association this coming September. To do that we need your cooperation and a BIG response to the survey. Together, we can show the gaps in service.

We also plan to use this information to improve the level of AS support and education in your local support groups where it is often lacking.

Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer | Tagged: , , , |

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A 10-Second Steam Blast: The New Weapon Against Prostate Cancer?

Image
Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation System, Francis Medical Steams Out Prostate Cancer The Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation System, developed by Francis Medical, Inc. , represents an innovative approach to treating prostate cancer using water vapor (steam) to ablate cancerous tissue. This minimally invasive technique aims to target and destroy prostate cancer cells while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue, potentially reducing common side effects associated with traditional treatments like surgery and radiation, Mechanism of Action:  The Vanquish system utilizes the thermal energy stored in sterile water vapor to ablate cancerous prostate tissue. During the procedure, a catheter is inserted through the urethra into the prostate, delivering water vapor directly to the targeted tissue. As the vapor condenses back into liquid, it releases stored thermal energy, effectively destroying the cancerous cells. This method is designed to respect the prostate's natural boundaries, ...
Read more

Researchers develop low-cost device that detects cancer in an hour | ScienceDaily

Image
Summary Sanjay S. Timilsina , currently Lead Scientist, StataDx, a spinoff from Wyss Institute, former Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, PhD from UTEP Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and XiuJun Li full Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and of Forensic Science, & Environmental Science and Engineering, at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have developed a new portable device for cancer detection that offers several advantages over traditional methods: Key Features: - Low cost (a few dollars per device, <8 cents per assay) - Provides results in about 1 hour (vs. 12-16 hours for traditional methods) - Approximately 10 times more sensitive than traditional methods - Portable and doesn't require specialized instruments - Can detect both CEA colorectal and PSA prostate cancer biomarkers - Uses a "paper-in-polymer-pond" structure to analyze blood samples How it works: - U...
Read more

Cancer patients and doctors team up to change how cancer drugs are tested | Fox News

Cancer patients and doctors team up to change how cancer drugs are tested | Fox News foxnews.com Associated Press For cancer patients, the harsh side effects of powerful drugs have long been the trade-off for living longer. Now, patients and doctors are questioning whether all that suffering is necessary. They’ve ignited a movement to radically change how new cancer drugs are tested, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging drugmakers to do a better job at finding the lowest effective dose, even if it takes more time. Advances in treatment mean millions of people are surviving for years with incurable cancers. Jill Feldman, 54, of Deerfield, Illinois, has lived 15 years with lung cancer , thanks to that progress. Her parents both died of lung cancer months after their diagnoses. But her cancer drug causes joint pain, fatigue and mouth sores that m...
Read more