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Prevention and Treatment of Bone Loss in Patients With Nonmetastatic Breast or Prostate Cancer Who Receive Hormonal Ablation Therapy

Connie Limburg
Cathy Maxwell
Beatrice Mautner
CJON 2014, 18(2), 223-230 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.223-230
Hormone ablation therapy is a mainstay in the treatment of breast and prostate cancers. However, aromatase inhibitors (AIs) used in postmenopausal women with breast cancer and androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) used in men with prostate cancer contribute to substantial bone loss, thereby increasing...
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Managing Side Effects of the Novel Taxane Cabazitaxel in Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Susan Doyle-Lindrud
CJON 2012, 16(3), 286-291 DOI: 10.1188/12.CJON.286-291
Cabazitaxel, a novel taxane, was approved in June 2010 by the U.S. Food and Drug Admini-stration for treatment of metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) in men previously treated with docetaxel. In TROPIC (N = 755), an open-label, randomized, phase III trial, cabazitaxel (plus...
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The Relationship Between Vitamin D and Cancer

Denise Mitchell
CJON 2011, 15(5), 557-560 DOI: 10.1188/11.CJON.557-560
Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin naturally present in very few foods, is synthesized when ultraviolet rays from sunlight contact the skin. Research suggests that vitamin D insufficiency may result from lack of exposure to sunlight and ultraviolet-B radiation. Individuals from geographic areas of...
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Purposeful Interaction: Ways Latino Men Communicate About Prostate Cancer

Sally L. Maliski
Sarah E. Connor
Mark S. Litwin
ONF 2012, 39(6), 603-608 DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.603-608
Purpose/Objectives: To develop a descriptive framework of the communication processes used by Latinos with prostate cancer to communicate about their diagnosis. Research Approach: A constructivist grounded theory approach was used to analyze and build a descriptive framework from semistructured...
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The Lived Experience of Men Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

Kelly A. Krumwiede
Norma Krumwiede
ONF 2012, 39(5), E443-E450 DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.E443-E450
Purpose/Objectives: To investigate the lived experience of prostate cancer from a patient perspective. Research Approach: Descriptive, qualitative. Setting: Community setting. Participants: 10 men with prostate cancer aged 62-70 years. Methodologic Approach: A hermeneutic phenomenologic method...
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