Chapter 6 - Resources 6.1 Supporting a loved one with prostate cancer: What can you do? Get information Be a support system for your loved one by learning about his specific disease. Not all prostate cancers are the same and can vary largely from patient to patient.
Get involved Attend appointments, take notes and be prepared to ask questions. Explore treatment options and discover how genetic and genomic testing can help personalize his treatment.
Prepping for your next doctor's appointment Attending doctor appointments can be scary and you may feel overwhelmed with information. It is important to gather as much insight as you can about his cancer. If you are attending a doctor appointment with a loved one, here are questions to ask his doctor. These questions can help you both begin making decisions about his prostate cancer care. □ What is his Gleason score? □ Has his cancer spread? □ How aggressive is his cancer? □ What is his risk group? □ What is the best treatment based on his risk group and stage?
"Just because you're diagnosed with prostate cancer doesn't mean your life has to end."
□ What are side effects associated with treatment options?
- Camie Piazza, Caregiver
□ What genetic and genomic testing options do we have?
□ Are his children or other family members at risk?
Watch Camie's story as she follows her husband's prostate cancer journey
