Do patients use normalisation techniques to cope with the quality-of-life effects of anal cancer?
Anal sphincter dysfunction and sexual problems after radiotherapy for anal cancer may have a major impact on patients' QoL. By maintaining normalcy, patients tried to distance themselves from this tabooed cancer disease.
Younger children respond to antiarrhythmic therapy and have a high incidence of AET resolution, thus warranting a trial of antiarrhythmic therapy. In children > or =3 years, AET is unlikely to resolve spontaneously, and antiarrhythmic medications are frequently ineffective. Thus, RFA should be considered early in the course of treatment for these children; however, surgical intervention may be necessary.