Information in radiotherapy for men with localised prostate cancer: An integrative review

Abstract

Introduction Men with prostate cancer may receive radiotherapy as part of their management. They encounter a range of information related to radiotherapy, and a crucial role for therapeutic radiographers and other healthcare practitioners is ensuring patients receive appropriate information related to their treatment. This integrative review aims to identify, synthesise and analyse literature reporting experiences of men with localised prostate cancer related to information in radiotherapy. Methods A systematic literature search encompassing database and hand searches was carried out between February and March 2017 with date limits of 2000–2017 applied. Initially, 4,954 articles were identified. Systematic screening and detailed examination identified that 33 met the inclusion criteria. Data were synthesised and analysed thematically. Results Few studies explicitly addressed the issue of information in radiotherapy for men with localised prostate cancer. Themes that emerged and were explored are information needs, information regarding adverse effects, information and time, information preferences, satisfaction with information related to radiotherapy and patient experience related to radiotherapy information. Conclusion This review suggests that although several aspects related to information for men with localised prostate cancer have been documented, few were explored in detail with respect to radiotherapy indicating that further research in this area is warranted.

Men’s perceptions and preferences regarding prostate cancer radiation therapy: A systematic scoping review

“…The data extraction is presented in Table 2 , grouped according to theme. The broad themes of information needs (n = 3) [16] , [17] , [18] preferences and decisions (n = 6) [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] general experiences (n = 8) [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] side effects (n = 6) [33] , [34] , [35] , [36] , [37] , [38] and support (n = 4) [39] , [40] , [41] , [42] are detailed in a matrix mapping the themes of each pathway ( Fig. 2 ).…”

“…2 ). Collectively, the three major stages of the prostate cancer pathway were described, with four addressing pre-treatment aspects; [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] 13 addressing during-treatment aspects; [20] , [21] , [22] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [33] , [34] , [35] , [39] , [40] , [41] and ten addressing post-treatment aspects. [23] , [24] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [36] , [37] , [38] .…”

Supportive care needs of men with prostate cancer after hospital discharge: multi-stakeholder perspectives

“…The findings show that only patients expressed the need for all types of supportive care needs but especially practical support and psychosocial care for disease management (Gordon et al, 2019;Huntley et al, 2017). By contrast, primary and secondary healthcare professionals described as important mainly the physical aspects of care that were linked to their professional roles, responsibilities and everyday practice when following up men with PCa.…”

An analysis of the support and quality of live after the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer in the radiotherapy sector

“…Before starting radiotherapy, in a welcoming process as shown in Table 1, the health team is presented to patients who inform their respective functions and contributions to the progress of the treatment. However, patients report that the information absorption capacity offered by radiologists and health professionals is not effective, as it is more present at the beginning and almost always absent during treatment [19].  Guidance on public transport  Guidance on locomotion service, when residing in other cities.…”