Abstract
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in Australian men, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, and it is estimated that there are over 220 000 Australian men living with a diagnosis of prostate cancer [1]. Survival for men with prostate cancer is excellent in countries that have accessible screening and treatment services, and in Australia 5-year relative survival is over 95% [1]. High incidence, coupled with improving long-term survival, leads to a correspondingly high prevalence rate and high community disease burden. Many men with prostate cancer experience long-term decrements in their mental and physical quality of life, overall they have a greater suicide risk than their non-cancer peers, and unmet supportive care needs are pervasive [2]. In this context, survivorship care for men with prostate cancer is crucial in both the short and long term. The recent development of a Prostate Cancer Survivorship Essentials Framework in the Australian and New Zealand setting provides an example of a regional response to this issue that delivers guidance for policy makers, clinicians, community and consumers on what is essential for step change in prostate cancer survivorship outcomes [3].
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
2021
Volume
127
Issue
S1
Funding Information
National Health and Medical Research Council
PubMed ID
33565238
School
Exercise Medicine Research Institute
Grant Number
NHMRC Number : APP1098042
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Publisher
Wiley
Comments
Dunn, J., Heathcote, P., & Chambers, S. K. (2021). Prostate cancer survivorship care: If not now, when?. BJU International, 127(S1), 30-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.15358