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Edición

Fifth edition.

Descripción

465 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Nota

Includes index.

Contenido

Introduction -- What the prostate does, and what can happen to it: a crash course in male anatomy -- What causes prostate cancer, and can I prevent it? -- Do I have prostate cancer? screening and detection -- Diagnosis and staging -- What are my options? -- How to move forward: survivorship -- Prostate cancer and sexual minorities: special treatment and recovery considerations for gay and bisexual men -- Active surveillance -- Radical prostatectomy -- Radiation therapy -- Focal therapy -- How successful is treatment of localized prostate cancer? -- Erectile dysfunction after treatment for localized prostate cancer -- Hormonal therapy / androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) -- Therapy for metastatic cancer -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Where to get help -- Index -- About the authors.

Sumario

"As of 2022, an estimated 268,490 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. A high percentage of those will relapse. But the good news is that more men are being cured of this disease than ever before. In a new and completely revised 5th edition, this lifesaving guide offers a message of hope to every man facing this illness, and the people who love them. Prostate cancer is a different disease in every man--which means that the right treatment varies for each person. Public awareness for this disease has transformed treatment and opened up new avenues of research; rapid advances in knowledge are being translated in new recommendations for management."-- Provided by publisher.

Materia

Prostate -- Cancer -- Popular works.

HEALTH & FITNESS / Men's Health.

Otro Autor

Schaeffer, Edward M.,

Worthington, Janet Farrar,

Otro Título

Guide to surviving prostate cancer

ISBN

9781538726860 (paperback)

1538726866 (paperback)