Psychological Impact of Urologic Cancer

Urologic cancer in Thailand.

Cancer is a major health burden among non-communicable diseases, which has had a high impact on the healthcare system in Thailand. Based on GLOBOCAN, the prevalence of urologic cancer is increasing in Thailand. Prostate, bladder and kidney cancers are 6th, 15th and 22nd most common cancers, respectively, in both males and females. Prostate cancer is the fourth most common cancer in male. Cancer...

The Impact of Smoking on Urologic Outcomes

Purpose: Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the US and worldwide. The surgical literature demonstrates that active tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for perioperative morbidity and complications, and that preoperative smoking cessation is effective in reducing these associated risks. However, few studies have examined the dual effects of smokin...

PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER The psychological effects of breast cancer

Breast cancer remains a highly prevalent and extraordinarily stressful experience for hundreds of thousands of women each year in the United States and around the world. Psychological research has provided a picture of the emotional and social impact of breast cancer on patients’ lives, and of factors associated with better versus worse adjustment. Psychosocial interventions have been beneficia...

Psychological impact of having a parent with cancer.

Association between colorectal cancer and urologic cancers.

BACKGROUND Different types of urologic cancers have been associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) in hereditary nonpolyposis CRC, but it is still unknown whether there is an association between urologic cancer and CRC in the general population. We sought to quantify the risk for CRC after urologic cancer and the risk for urologic cancer after CRC in patients without known genetic syndromes. ME...