Prostate cancer overview.
OBJECTIVE
To review prostate anatomy, epidemiology and risk factors, presentation and diagnosis, staging and treatment, emerging therapies, and patient education.


METHODS
Review of current and classic literature.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients must be educated regarding screening recommendations and offered evidence-based guidance regarding the risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment. Adverse effects of treatment may impact quality of life.


CONCLUSIONS
As the incidence of prostate cancer continues to rise, nurses will play an essential role in the treatment and counseling of men facing this malignancy. Nursing research will also be necessary to further investigate quality-of-life concerns and evidence-based practice regarding symptom management.
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. mwdunn@med.unc.edu
Mary Weinstein
MW
Dunn
Meredith Wallace
MW
Kazer
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D017741:Survivors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology