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radical prostatectomy

An operation to remove the entire prostate and some of the tissue around it….

News: What’s your why?…John’s Story

An opportunity to give something back to Cancer Council Queensland after he received support and knowledge during his own prostate cancer journey in 2009 was the catalyst for John Cartwright’s volunteering career. “I pack and dispatch orders for the mail…

BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene

A gene change that increases the risk of getting breast, ovarian or prostate cancer.

digital rectal examination (DRE)

An examination in which a doctor puts a gloved finger into the anus to feel for abnormalities in the anus, rectum or prostate gland.

Gleason score

A way of grading prostate cancer biopsies. A low Gleason score indicates a slow-growing cancer and a higher score indicates a faster-growing cancer.

salvage treatment

Different treatments used when prostate cancer has returned….

seminal vesicles

Glands that lie close to the prostate and produce secretions that form part of the semen….

watchful waiting

A way of monitoring prostate cancer that is not causing any symptoms or problems….

Research snapshot – Psychosocial interventions and cancer-related fatigue Abrahams 2020

…breast cancer and men with non-metastatic prostate cancer. The effect of psychosocial interventions on cancer-related fatigue was not associated with sociodemographic or clinical characteristics, or with the extent of symptoms (fatigue, pain) prior to intervention. Breast cancer patients with clinically-diagnosed…