Prostate & Cancer: A Family Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment & Survival
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Book Description
Each year, more than 40,000 men will die from prostate cancera treatable cancer when it is detected in time! Now, with this revised edition of his best-selling guide for patients and their families, Sheldon Marks, M.D., provides the most up-to-date information on diagnosis and treatment for this cancer.
This updated edition of Prostate & Cancer offers the latest information on alternative and integrative methods used to treat prostate cancer. Marks discusses who is at risk, what is involved in an evaluation, options for treatment, getting a second opinion, your wifes role in the process, plus much more.
Dr. Marks also includes up-to-date information on Viagra and impotence as well as a section on sex and prostate cancer. The diet and nutrition sections are expanded to include current information about antioxidants and specific foods to avoid.
Prostate & Cancer provides the most definitive and current source of information on prostate cancer today and has been chosen by many urologists as suggested reading for their patients.
Topics:
33 questions you should ask your doctor
Screening and early detection
Noncancerous enlargement of the prostate
Nonsurgical treatment options
Alternative treatmentsbenefits and risks
Support groups and resources for help and information, including Internet sites
Overcoming incontinence
New information on Viagra and other oral pills for impotence
Recovery
Book Info
Revised edition of the earlier edition also published in 1999. Consumer text, in question-and-answer format, covers screening and early detection, determining the right treatment, non-surgical options, support groups, viagra, recovery and more. Previous edition: c1997. Softcover.
Prostate & Cancer: A Family Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment & Survival
Prostate & Cancer: A Family Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment & Survival,Sheldon, Md. Marks,Fisher Books,1555612628,Diet / Health / Fitness,Diseases - Cancer,Diseases - Prostate Cancer,General,Health & Fitness,Health/Fitness
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