American Cancer Society's Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer

by American Cancer Society

Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in North America, South America, South Africa, Australia, and Europe. This book talks about the physical and emotional aspects of prostate cancer. It... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944235549
• ISBN13: 9780944235546
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: American Cancer Society
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer

The book was described as in "good condition" and indeed it was a pre-used Pierce County Library copy. I would highly recommend this supplier, Thrift Books, the book was a clean copy and it was delivered very promptly within two weeks of placing the order.

American Cancer Society's Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer

I think that this is a great book for the men who have prostate cancer, so you can understand the treatments that are available and their side effects. The only drawback that I found was that it was printed in 2005; however, if it's the only copy that you can find, it's worth getting for you library, since the treatments and side effects haven't changed that much between 2005 and 2009.

A vitally important addition to every community library Health/Medicine reference collection in the

Collaborative compiled, organized and edited by the team of Doctors David G. Bostwick (Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of Virginia); E. David Crawford (Associate Director, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer City, Aurora, Colorado); Celestia S. Higano (Oncology Specialist, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle); and Mack Roach III (Professor of Radiation Oncology and Urology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco), the American Cancer Society's Complete Guide To Prostate Cancer is a single volume compendium providing the non-specialist general reader with all of the up-to-date information available on prostate cancer. Included are the latest advances in prevention, early detection, and treatment of prostate cancer; varied prostate cancer treatments and the decision making process to determine the best one for the reader; coping with emotional stresses and potential physical side effects (including incontinence and erectile dysfunction); practical issues related to work, finance, and medical care; as well as the fundamental quality of life issues after treatment, including sexuality and relationships. With prostate cancer affecting one in six of American men, with more than a quarter of a million American men diagnosed with prostate cancer, the American Cancer Society's Complete Guide To Prostate Cancer is a vitally important addition to every community library Health/Medicine reference collection in the country.

Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer by Bostwick MD

This work contains some brand new evaluative factors for prostate cancer. Examples of the factors are: - age - hormonal profile - race (lowest incidence in American Indians and highest incidence in Afro-Americans - diet - weight problems - occupation The author spends some time describing the conditions precedent for prostate cancer. The process starts with microscopic changes in the cellular lining of the prostate. Age plays a role in multiple cancers. The PSA elevation is the classic evaluative test followed by a biopsy of the prostate. There is a nerve sparing prostectomy for lower risk cancers. The high risk cancers may require the radical retropublic prostatectomy. This work has a fairly comprehensive description of the current diagnostic approaches and treatments. Complementary and alternative medicinal approaches could be described for the benefit of the reading audience. Overall, the work will help patients discuss prostate issues intelligently.