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Abstract

Chemotherapy remains an important method for treating advance and metastatic prostate cancer. Chemotherapy has many side effects. Patients should have adequate knowledge to manage these side effects. The study aims to assess prostate cancer patients’ knowledge regarding management side effects of chemotherapy. A Quantitative study using cross-sectional design approach was conducted to assess level of knowledge for patients with prostate cancer regarding management side effects of chemotherapy. The study conducted from the period of 15^th March 2024 up to 1^st March 2025. A non-probability (purposive sampling) was used to select the study. The sample of the study consist of 50 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer receiving chemotherapeutic agents. A self-administration constructive questionnaire concerning knowledge of patients about managing side effects of chemotherapy was used in the current study. The findings of the study demonstrate that the most of age group of patients were between (66-71 years), not read & write, self-employee, not engaging in self-learning. Cancer duration for most patients were from 1-3 years, the duration of receiving chemotherapy for most patients were less than 1 year, Taxotere was the antineoplastic agents used for most cancer patients. Most patients were not having chronic diseases and with no family history.  The study concluded that the level of knowledge was high percentage of patients had fair and poor knowledge about managing the side effects of chemotherapy‎.

Keywords: Prostate cancer, Knowledge, Side effects, Chemotherapy

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