Dr. Patrick Walsh's guide to surviving prostate cancer
"Each year, more than 230,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 30 to 40 percent of patients who are diagnosed will eventually relapse. But the good news is that more men are being cured of this disease than ever before. Now in a revised third edition, this lifesaving guide by Dr. Patrick...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Grand Central Life & Style,
2018.
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- What the prostate does : a crash course in male anatomy
- Little gland, big trouble
- What causes prostate cancer, and can I prevent it?
- Do I have prostate cancer? Screening and detection
- Diagnosis and staging
- What are my options?
- Active surveillance
- Radical prostatectomy
- Radiation and cryo/thermal ablation
- How successful is treatment of localized prostate cancer?
- Erectile dysfunction after treatment for localized prostate cancer
- Hormonal therapy/Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT)
- Help if hormonal therapy/ADT stops working.
