Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds
eBook - ePub

Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds

Advice on Options, Treatments, and Aftereffects

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds

Advice on Options, Treatments, and Aftereffects

About this book

Personal stories show men how to make the right decisions for themselves, with medical insights from a leading Johns Hopkins authority on prostate cancer

If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you want to know the facts about treatment options as well as what to expect through the process of treatment and recovery.

Written by Dr. Arthur L. Burnett, II. one of the world's most distinguished authorities on prostate cancer and veteran CBS News journalist and prostate cancer survivor, Norman Morris, Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds gives you the information you need through the experiences of men who have had prostate cancer. Dr. Burnett speaks openly and honestly about prostate cancer options, treatments, and aftereffects and shares stories of both well-known and ordinary prostate cancer survivors who offer their personal reflections on going through treatment and getting well.

  • Includes personal stories from notable prostate cancer survivors such as Arnold Palmer, Ken Griffey Sr., Pat Robertson, and others
  • Takes an authoritative look at prostate cancer treatments, current and promising scientific breakthroughs, and life-altering side effects
  • Author Arthur Burnett, a leading prostate cancer expert, is the Patrick C. Walsh Professor of Urology, Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the Johns Hopkins's James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and is renowned for his research studies that led to the formulation of Viagra
  • Offers solutions to common side effects such as sexual problems and incontinence

Combining the essential medical facts about prostate cancer with personal, intimate stories told by courageous men who have survived it, this book is an invaluable guide for men diagnosed with prostate cancer and those who care about them.

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Information

Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780470578810
eBook ISBN
9780470621028
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Prescriptive Information
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. PART I - Diagnosis and Coming to Terms
  9. PART II - Considering Options and Treatments
  10. PART III - Warnings and Conflicts
  11. PART IV - Aftereffects
  12. The Future
  13. Resources
  14. References
  15. Survivors of Prostate Cancer
  16. Index

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