Pre-Surgical Stress Management Improves Mood, Quality Of Life For Prostate Cancer Patients

Brief stress management sessions prior to and immediately after surgery may have both short- and long-term benefit for men undergoing a radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The study, in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, is the first to examine the benefits of psychosocial intervention for prostate cancer patients prior to surgery.

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Filed under: Men's health on April 10th, 2009