Psychosocial Impacts on Caregivers

First steps as a family member or spouse of a prostate cancer patient

In this article, you will learn which first steps you can take with the fresh diagnosis in order to make dealing with the disease more pleasant for you, but also for your sick loved one. In addition, we reveal 6 useful tips that you can follow for yourself to also come through this phase of life str…

Prostate cancer is the most frequent cancer in adult men with an incidence of 52,000 new cases per year in the UK. Most of these prostate cancer patients have family members, for whom the diagnosis is also a shock. “Your loved one has cancer.” - this is a piece of information that needs to be processed. Nevertheless, family members can, in one way or another, provide help and support during the whole process of diagnosis, treatment and surveillance. Such caregivers have an essential place in the healthcare system, for example as a liaison between the patient and his care team.

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