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Prostate Cancer UK's Community Support Services team worked with a range of partners to deliver a range of survivorship conferences across the UK.
Prostate Cancer UK's Community Support Services team worked with a range of partners to deliver a range of survivorship conferences across the UK.
Following prostate cancer treatment, some survivors endure long term health difficulties. Commonly cited problems include chronic pain, fatigue, and depression. In many areas of the country peer support is lacking. In addition, health and information centres suffer from a dearth of concrete information regarding the management of post-treatment prostate cancer patients.
One way to alleviate this problem is through survivorship conferences. These conferences serve as a forum for prostate cancer survivors and their loved ones, clinicians, commissioners, support groups, volunteers, policy makers and public health experts to learn about emerging cancer survivorship research and how to manage the condition post-treatment.
With all this expertise under a single roof, those affected by prostate cancer have the ability to become empowered with new sources of knowledge and clinicians can gain an insight into models which can prove cost effective. Topics discussed included:
In total, over 16 survivorship conferences were commissioned across the four nations. These included:
Over 1,200 people attended these conferences. These various events saw a significant impact on those involved in clinical support and those affected by prostate cancer: