Analysis of patients with prostate cancer care at a reference hospital in the state of Tocantins, suitable for brachytherapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1A) ◽  
Author(s):  
André De Souza Bezerra ◽  
Maria Elisa Chuery Martins Rostelato ◽  
Carlos Alberto Zeituni
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
The State ◽  
Reference Hospital

scholarly journals Analysis of patients with prostate cancer care at a reference hospital in the state of Tocantins, suitable for brachytherapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
André De Souza Bezerra ◽  
Carlos Alberto Zeituni ◽  
Maria Elisa Chuery Martins Rostelato
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Disease Staging ◽  
Reference Hospital ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Selection Of

Observation and identification of predictive factors for results and morbidity are essential in the ideal selection of patients who can use brachytherapy as a treatment modality for prostate cancer. Thus, the objective of this research is to analyze the population of patients with prostate cancer treated at the General Public Hospital of Palmas in 2015, in the state of Tocantins. The method used was quantitative, with the characteristics of a retrospective, transversal and descriptive analysis. Held in the largest state health unit, the General Public Hospital of Palmas that, despite its large dimensions, lives with the main problems of the Unified Health System, such as overcrowding and shortages. It was found that most of the patients seen corresponded to the age of 70 to 79 years, making 45%, followed by patients aged between 60 and 69 years, with 33%. Most of the individuals attended were from the state of Tocantins, but some lived in an adjacent city in the state of Pará. Data related to the Gleason score showed that there was a predominance of levels 6 and 7 indicating intermediate grade tumors, considering that the most of the observed population was older. It was concluded that the analyzed patients had a predominant staging of CaP II and III, thus most of the individuals, 23 of the 35 analyzed, were not able to undergo brachytherapy due to the high degree of disease staging.

199: Correlates of Access to Prostate Cancer Care in a Statewide Public Assistance Program

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 67-67
Author(s):  
David C. Miller ◽  
Laura Baybridge ◽  
Lorna C. Kwan ◽  
Ronald Andersen ◽  
Lillian Gelberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Public Assistance ◽  
Assistance Program

205: Variations in Prostate Cancer Care According to Race, Geographic Region, and Literacy: Initial Findings from the Compare Registry

2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 66-67
Author(s):  
Charles L. Bennett ◽  
Oliver Sartor ◽  
Susan Halabi ◽  
Michael W. Kattan ◽  
Peter T. Scardino
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Geographic Region

Certificate of Need Programs, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Use and the Cost of Prostate Cancer Care

2013 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhinav Khanna ◽  
Jim C. Hu ◽  
Xiangmei Gu ◽  
Paul L. Nguyen ◽  
Stuart Lipsitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy ◽  
Certificate Of Need ◽  
Intensity Modulated ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals Using a Mystery-Caller Approach to Examine Access to Prostate Cancer Care in Philadelphia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. e0164411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Evan Pollack ◽  
Michelle E. Ross ◽  
Katrina Armstrong ◽  
Charles C. Branas ◽  
Karin V. Rhodes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Care

scholarly journals Word on the Street

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 377-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elinor R. Schoenfeld ◽  
Linda E. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Cancer Education ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
Cancer Knowledge ◽  
African American Communities

African American men face the highest rates of prostate cancer, yet with no consensus for screening and treatment, making informed health care decisions is difficult. This study aimed to identify approaches to empowering African American men as proactive participants in prostate cancer decision making using an established community–campus partnership employing elements of community-based participatory research methods. Community stakeholders with an interest in, and knowledge about, health care in two local African American communities were recruited and completed key informant interviews ( N = 39). Grounded theory coding identified common themes related to prostate cancer knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and responses to them. Common barriers such as gender roles, fear, and fatalism were identified as barriers to work-up and treatment, and both communities’ inadequate and inaccurate prostate cancer information described as the key problem. To build on community strengths, participants said the change must come from inside these communities, not be imposed from the outside. To accomplish this, they suggested reaching men through women, connecting men to doctors they can trust, making men’s cancer education part of broader health education initiatives designed as fun and inexpensive family entertainment events, and having churches bring community members in to speak on their experiences with cancer. This study demonstrated the success of community engagement to identify not only barriers but also local strengths and facilitators to prostate cancer care in two suburban/rural African American communities. Building collaboratively on community strengths may improve prostate cancer care specifically and health care in general.

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