The Lived Experience of Men Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

Abstract

Nurses may encourage men to describe their diagnosis story and illness experience to better understand the meaning of the prostate cancer experience and to provide appropriate nursing care.

Life after prostate cancer treatment: a mixed methods study of the experiences of men with sexual dysfunction and their partners

“…They urged their fellow men and partners to do the same. This finding is echoed in KA Krumwiede and N Krumwiede [17] who reported no complaints about a lack of information. Rather, there was a proactive sense of men seeking out information on their own, particularly from men who had already gone through the treatment.…”

“…Some sought outside professional counseling or prostate cancer support groups to remedy their situation, and reported positive results in this endeavor. Other studies in the field report similar psychological ramifications as a result of sexual dysfunction [7, 8, 17, 18, 20]. Some men reported the same need to seek outside psychological help, since the primary care provider was not available for such services [7, 20].…”

“…Unlike many qualitative studies that interview with a semi-structured model [7, 14–17] or focus-group model [18], an open-ended question was used to learn the experiences of men and their partners. The majority of the men underwent surgical removal of the prostate (93%).The themes were salient and common across men and partners.…”

Recent development in analysis of persistent organic pollutants under the Stockholm Convention

“…Another research group further developed and evaluated CZC in a time-managed fashion, which they termed time-controlled CZC, to capture and to focus different dioxin peaks in pre-selected time intervals so as to increase signal intensity for ultra-sensitive analysis by HRMS [70]. Hoh et al described a non-targeted analytical method utilizing direct sample introduction coupled to GCxGC-TOF-MS, which could characterize a broad spectrum of non-polar contaminants (e.g., PCBs, PBDEs, and PBBs) in Atlantic common dolphin blubber [71].…”

“…PCB congeners8,18,44,49,52,66,70,74,87,95,99,101,105,110,118,128,138,146,149,151,153,156,170,180,193,183,187,194, DDE,DDD,DDT, chlordanes, PBDE congeners 28,33,49,99,153,209 SRM 1945 Whale blubber PCB congeners 18,28,31,44,49,52,66,70,87,92,95,99,101,105,107,110,118,128,138,146,149,151, 153,154,156,158,170,174,180,183,187,194,195,201,206,209,DDTs,DDEs, DDDs, HCHs, heptachlor epoxide, chlordane, dieldrin, PBDE congeners 47,99,100,153,154 99,101,105,107,110,118,128,132,138,146,149,153,156,158,170,174,180,183,187,193,194,195,206,HCH, heptachlor epoxide, chlordane, dieldrin, DDEs, DDDs, DDTs, BDE-47,49,66,99,100,153,154 PBDE congeners 17,25,28,30,47,49,66,71,74,75,85,97,118,99,100,101,116,119,138,139,153,154,155,156,173,190,181,182,183,185, PCB congeners 18,28,31,44,52,56,70,74,87,92,95,99,101,105,107,110,118,138,146,149,151,153,132,158, 163,170,174,180,183,18,206 ,DDE,DDD,DDTs,PBDE congeners 17,28,33,47,85,99,100,138,153,154,155,183,203,206,209 SRM 1492 Hexane HCH, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, chlordane, dieldrin, DDEs, DDDs, DDTs, mirex, HCB SRM 1649b Urban dust PCB congeners 49,52,101,105,110,149,151,153,163,183,187,194,206,chlordane,DDE,DDD SRM 1944b Sediment PCB congeners 8,18,28,31,44,49,52,66,95,87,99,101,105,110,118,128,138,149,151,153,156,170,180,183,187,194,195,206,209, chlordane SRM 2261 Hexane HCB, HCH, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, chlordane, dieldrin, DDEs, DDD, DDTs, mirex Trends Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 45, 2013…”