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Prostatacancercentrum - navet i framtidens prostatacancersjukvård

Prostate cancer units - hubs in the future care of men with prostate cancer

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Author

  • Ola Bratt
  • Göran Ahlgren
  • Anna Carin Börjedahl
  • Ingela Franck Lissbrant
  • Calle Waller

Summary, in English

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in Sweden. The past decade has seen a tremendous development of new methods for diagnosing, staging, treating and rehabilitating men with suspicious or confirmed prostate cancer. This development necessitates a multidisciplinary and multiprofessional approach to the management of men with suspicious or confirmed prostate cancer. A recent survey showed that currently few Swedish men with prostate cancer receive the quality of care that is outlined in the national clinical guidelines. Specialised prostate cancer units are increasingly common in Europe, but as yet there are no such units in Sweden. We believe that the creation of prostate cancer units in Sweden would be an essential step forward, towards an improved future care of men with prostate cancer.

Department/s

Publishing year

2017

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Läkartidningen

Volume

114

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Swedish Medical Association

Topic

  • Cancer and Oncology

Keywords

  • prostata cancer

Status

Published

Research group

  • Urological cancer, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0023-7205