Search: transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

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.

prostatectomy

An operation to remove all or part of the prostate….

radical prostatectomy

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

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…