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Surviving Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions (Yale University Press Health & Wellness)

✍ Scribed by E. Fuller Torrey M.D.


Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Leaves
297
Edition
1
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


When Dr. E. Fuller Torrey was diagnosed with prostate cancer, none of the books he could find was current enough or comprehensive enough to satisfy his need for information. This book is for the hundreds of thousands of other men who each year receive the same frightening diagnosis. It is the book Dr. Torrey wished he had when he was facing the countless questions that a man with prostate cancer, and his family and friends, all confront.Complete, up-to-date, and readable, the book explains how to come to terms with the diagnosis of prostate cancer, evaluate the severity of the disease, and assess the variety of treatment options and their complications. Many chapters provide information other books barely consider, such as a full discussion of the causes of prostate cancer and an evaluation of other books on the subject. Also included is a summary of the most useful Web sites.The author mixes his personal experience with factual material, and he maintains a reassuring sense of humor. His advice is practical, with dozens of tips and lists including β€œTen Steps to Sanity for Men Recently Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.” With Dr. Torrey’s book in hand, readers can now tackle all the important decisions about prostate cancer, confident in having the most accurate and complete information available.

✦ Table of Contents


Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
1 On Being Diagnosed......Page 18
2 How Serious Is Your Cancer?......Page 28
3 Surgical Treatment......Page 44
4 Radiation Treatment......Page 63
5 Hormone Treatment......Page 84
6 Cryotherapy......Page 95
7 Alternative and Experimental Therapies......Page 98
8 Treatment Decisions......Page 106
9 Your Support System......Page 135
10 Major Complications and Their Treatment......Page 149
11 What Happens if the Cancer Spreads or Comes Back?......Page 169
12 What Is Known About the Causes?......Page 186
13 Factors That May Prevent Emergence or Recurrence......Page 204
14 Science and Politics......Page 216
15 Advice for Men Who Do Not Have Prostate Cancer......Page 225
Appendix A The Anatomy and Function of the Prostate Gland......Page 236
Appendix B Evaluation of Books About Prostate Cancer......Page 241
Appendix C Useful Websites on Prostate Cancer......Page 252
Notes......Page 258
Index......Page 284


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