Understanding Treatment Choices for Prostate Cancer

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Year: 2000
Pages: 44
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756733731

Description

Barry Leonard. Prostate cancer (PC) is common in older men. After a diagnosis of PC, a man & his family face several choices regarding treatment. Decisions involve many factors, personal as well as medical. Before making these decisions, it is very important that he learns about all the options available. This guide can help a man & his family understand what a diagnosis of PC means & what treatment choices are offered. It suggests questions to ask the doctor & identifies other resources for more info. Chapters: what is the prostate gland?; is it PC?; making treat. choices; treat. options for localized disease; treat. options for disease that has spread; considering your chances of survival; pain mgmt.; questions to ask your doctor; & followup care. Illus.

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