Understanding Prostate Cancer and the Management Strategy Of Active Surveillance Among a Cohort of African-American Men

This article presents a quality improvement project designed to increase the understanding of prostate cancer and the management strategy of active surveillance (AS) among a cohort of African-American men being managed by AS for prostate cancer. This project provides a framework to further develop a...

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Published inUrologic nursing Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 257 - 265
Main Author Park, Alice
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Portland Jannetti Publications, Inc 01.09.2017
Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc
Subjects
African Americans
Antigens
Biopsy
Cancer therapies
Care and treatment
Communication
Development and progression
Evidence-based nursing
Health aspects
Health care
Health education
Health literacy
Intervention
Mens health
Patient education
Prostate cancer
Quality of life
Surveillance
Tumors
Urology
United States > US
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Summary:This article presents a quality improvement project designed to increase the understanding of prostate cancer and the management strategy of active surveillance (AS) among a cohort of African-American men being managed by AS for prostate cancer. This project provides a framework to further develop and implement an ongoing educational program to optimize disease management support among this vulnerable population.
ISSN:1053-816X
2168-4626
DOI:10.7257/1053-816X.2017.37.5.257