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Systematic Review: Post Prostate Cancer Surgery and Psychosexual Care

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A systematic review relating to literature on survivorship programmes for men with prostate cancer and psychosexual concerns was conducted. This was to identify a psychosexual pathway and also pathway components for men post-surgery for prostate cancer. The search strategy aimed to identify all references related to prostate cancer AND surgery AND psychosexual concerns or sexual dysfunction or erectile dysfunction. Medical Subject Heading (MESH) search terms used were as follows: (Prostate cancer OR prostate neoplasms) AND (surgery OR side effects) OR (psychosexual impairment or sexual dysfunction or erectile dysfunction). The following databases were screened from 1984 to July 2016:

  • CINAHL

  • MEDLINE (NHS Evidence)

  • Cochrane

  • AMed

  • EMBASE

  • PsychINFO

  • SCOPUS

  • Web of Science.

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Goonewardene, S.S., Persad, R. (2018). Systematic Review: Post Prostate Cancer Surgery and Psychosexual Care. In: Prostate Cancer Survivorship . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65358-7_21

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