Oral Presentation Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting 2019

Supportive care for men with prostate cancer  (#4)

Patsy Yates 1
  1. Queensland University of Technology , Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia

Men with prostate cancer have a range of supportive care needs. Current evidence indicates that responding effectively to these needs requires a comprehensive understanding of the man’s responses to his diagnosis and its treatment, the ability to tailor interventions to the man’s clinical and personal circumstances, and a  commitment to promoting health and wellbeing and enabling self management. Optimal supportive care also requires specialized knowledge and skills to deal with unique concerns experienced by men with prostate cancer relating to sexual function and urinary incontinence.  In Australia, the Movember Foundation is trialling the TrueNTH program, an innovative multicomponent supportive care model for men with prostate cancer. Specialist Prostate Cancer Nurses are now also well established in a number of treatment centres. This presentation reviews the elements of existing supportive care models for men with prostate cancer in Australia and overseas, and examines the system, service, and provider level requirements for effective implementation of such models.