Prevenção do câncer de próstata: desafios e enfrentamento do profissional de enfermagem

Abstract

The present study aims to show the importance of the achievement of prostate cancer prevention and the role of the nursing professional. Prostate cancer is understood to be a neoplasm of great prevalence in man, being evaluated the second in the genus, being of a slow way and of difficult diagnosis in initial courses. Many are the anxieties added to the growth in the number of cases and the efforts in their prevention, yet they do not express themselves as expressive in the reduction of these indices. Prevention is instituted through the incorporation of means and methods of early diagnosis of prostate cancer, it uses (rectal examination), prostate specific antigen (PSA) dosage, imaging tests (transurethral ultrasonography and computed tomography). In view of the study presented, it is understood that there is much progress to be made in relation to driving measures in the prevention of prostate cancer. These can not diminish the actions added to diagnostic exams, need to cross the barriers of prejudice and neglect, are still present in the attention to the health of the man. The performance of the nursing professional in the prevention of prostate cancer aims at the change of behaviors, leading to the promotion of human health.