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Men and the early detection of cancer
— is it possible to identify who may need more support? | | Author(s) | Anna Lynall |
| Journal title | Ageing and Health: the Journal of the Institute of Ageing and Health (West Midlands), no 21, 2017 |
| Publisher | Institute of Ageing and Health West Midlands, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 7-13 |
| Source | www.iah-wmids.org.uk |
| Keywords | Cancer ; Diagnosis ; Early ; Older men ; At risk ; Isolation ; Anxiety. |
| Annotation | Men have poorer health outcomes than women, and cancer is more common in older people, with incidence increasing with age for most cancers. The early detection of cancer can lead to improved survival, but the diagnostic phase is believed to be the most stressful time. Communication around the time of a diagnosis of cancer for men is difficult and tense: It is well-documented that those in the early detection stage of cancer have high levels of distress, manifested primarily by anxiety: for men, communication around the time of a diagnosis of cancer is difficult and tense. Being connected, having strong social support, and receiving a person-centred care approach within the phase are beneficial and imperative (as the ability to cope may not be obvious or communicated). Research is being conducted to explore the introduction of new generic blood tests, which should improve the early detection of cancer. For that cohort of patients, waiting for results and a final diagnosis will be stressful, as will ongoing surveillance. For certain predisposed groups of men, the stress experienced in this waiting time has the potential to be exacerbated by a number of different factors. This paper explores which groups of men are now more at risk, due to circumstances of life stage. It highlights the scope for future work to understand further how stratifying high risk groups of older men in particular can offer opportunities to identify interventions designed to support segmented groups. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170421211 A |
| Classmark | CK: LK7: 4J: BC: CA3: TP: ENP |
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