Tarek Lawen, Gabriela Ilie, Ross Mason, Ricardo Rendon, Jesse Spooner, Emmi Champion, Jessica Davis, Cody MacDonald, Michael J Kucharczyk, Nikhilesh Patil, David Bowes, Greg Bailly, David Bell, Joseph Lawen, Derek Wilke, George Kephart, Robert David Harold Rutledge
Purpose: This is a secondary analysis examining a six-month home-based Prostate Cancer-Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) on patient-reported urinary, bowel, sexual, and hormonal function in men with curative prostate cancer (PC) against standard of care. Methods: In a crossover clinical trial, 128 men scheduled for PC surgery (n = 62) or radiotherapy with/without hormones (n = 66) were randomized to PC-PEP (n = 66) or waitlist-control and received the standard of care for 6 months, and then PC-PEP to the end of the year...
February 27, 2024: Cancers