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Prostate Cancer For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Mar 10, 2011 - Health & Fitness - 384 pages
Hearing that you have prostate cancer, or even that you may have it, is very scary. But this disease, in many cases, is curable. Even if you have advanced cancer that's spread beyond the prostate, many treatments help extend your life for years. You need good information to help you with the decisions that lie ahead, and this book provides you with this information.

Prostate Cancer For Dummies can help you if

  • You have prostate cancer (or you think that you have it), or someone close to you has it.
  • You want information on treatments for prostate cancer as you form a treatment plan with your doctor.
  • You are curious about alternative therapies for prostate cancer.
  • You want to know what actions you can take over the long-term to continue to fight your prostate cancer.

Prostate Cancer For Dummies explains the key issues and problems that are associated with prostate cancer, and assures you that although the initial impact of being diagnosed is devastating, you can take action to extend your life.

You don't have to read this book from the first page straight on through, although you can. You may want to read the first chapter and then move to the chapters that affect you the most. In Prostate Cancer For Dummies, you'll gain insight into

  • Discovering the key symptoms of prostate cancer
  • Recognizing the risk factors, and who's most likely to have prostate cancer
  • Getting a diagnosis, and what's involved
  • Getting well again, and how you can work with your doctor to come up with a plan to cope with your cancer
  • Changing your lifestyle to decrease your risk of a recurrence
  • Coping with the aftermath, from temporary to permanent side effects
  • Handling work and family, and how to help others understand what you're going through

It's extremely hard to hear from your doctor that you or a loved one has prostate cancer. But after you recover from the initial shock of diagnosis, you need to educate yourself, and, with the help of your physician, make a plan for getting the best treatment possible. Prostate Cancer For Dummies will help you achieve these goals and encourage you to maintain your commitment to managing your health.

  

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I think this is a great beginning book to those who are just starting out learning about prostate cancer. I learned a lot and was able to generate a lot of questions for the doctor! I feel ready to ... Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
Conventions Used in This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Changing Your Lifestyle to Combat Prostate Cancer
Handling Work and Family
Where to Go from Here
Part I
Chapter 1
When initial radiation isnt enough
Looking at surgery
Chapter 13
Basic Info on Hormone Therapy
Figuring out if its working
Understanding Your Doctors Recommendation
Deciding If Hormone Therapy Is Right for You
Focusing on the benefits

Understanding What Prostate Cancer Is and Whos at Risk
Working with Your Physicians
Planning your treatment
Coping with the side effects of treatments
Dealing with the Effects of Your Cancer at Work and at Home
Chapter 2
Zeroing In on Your Prostate
Functions affected by the prostate
Symptoms That May Occur
Chapter 3
Aging Matters
Regarding Racial Risks
Reviewing the medical histories of the men in your family
Looking at the medical histories of the women in your family
Possibly Linking Prostate Cancer to Vietnam War Veterans
Being exposed to Agent Orange
Chapter 4
Dealing with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Testing for BPH
How BPH differs from prostate cancer
Prostatitis
Detecting symptoms of prostatitis
How prostatitis differs from prostate cancer
Looking at Bladder Infections
Testing for a bladder infection
Regarding Other Possibilities
Considering STDs
Checking for bladder cancer
Part II
Chapter 5
Reporting Your Medical History to Your Doctor
Inquiring how youre doing right now
Discussing medications you take
Volunteering important info when the doctor doesnt ask
Understanding how the DRE is performed
Interpreting the results of your DRE
Pondering the PSA
Reviewing reliability issues
A note about testing frequency
Keeping in Touch with Your PCP
Chapter 6
Oncologists
Finding a Good Specialist
Receiving a referral from your doctor
Networking
Searching academic centers
Whats Up Doc? Questions to Ask When Considering a Specialist
Talking Effectively with Your Specialist
PSA and rectal examinations
Boning up on scans
The cystoscopy
Chapter 7
Understanding Information Biopsies Can Provide
How advanced the cancer is
Preparing for and Having a Biopsy
When the biopsy is performed
Following the procedure
Understanding the Biopsy Report
Chapter 8
Making the Grade with the Gleason Score
Understanding how it works
Staging with the TNM System
Staging tests your doctor may use
Deciphering the results
Grouping Stage Grade and PSA Together
Part III
Chapter 9
Considering Your Own Personal Situation
Analyzing Your Doctors Recommendations
Thinking about Short and LongTerm Plans
Planning Treatment for Localized Cancer
Sorting out specialists biases
Thinking about surgery
Discovering basics about radiation therapy
Analyzing initial treatment decisions
Pondering the Options for Advanced Cancer
Asking your doctor treatment questions
Chapter 10
Fear and Frustration Are Normal Its How You Handle Them that Counts
Realizing that your fear is natural
Understanding that prostate cancer isnt an automatic death sentence
Dealing with Fears of Urinary Incontinence
Worrying about Change at Work and Home
Handling fears about work
Seeking Support from Support Groups
Looking at the benefits
Being wary of the problems
Working with informal networks
Chapter 11
Defining Radical Prostatectomy
Understanding the Reasoning Behind Your Doctors Recommendation
Deciding If Surgery Is Right for You
Focusing on the benefits
Asking yourself the tough questions
Basic Info on the Prostatectomy Procedures
Nervesparing prostatectomies
Potencypreserving nerve grafts
Undergoing a pelvic lymphadenectomy
Scheduling and Preparing for Surgery
Readying yourself for surgery the day before
The day of surgery
Recovering from Surgery
Postsurgery takehome tips
What you can expect two to three weeks after surgery
Feeling like your old self
Chapter 12
Understanding the Reasoning Behind Your Doctors Recommendation
Deciding If Radiation Is Right for You
Focusing on the benefits
Asking yourself the tough questions
Basic Info on Radiation Procedures
Sowing brachytherapy seeds
Preparing for Hormone Therapy
Pondering Treatment for Patients with Initially Advanced or Resistant Cancer
Chapter 14
How cryosurgery works
Pros and cons of cryosurgery
Microwave Therapy
Looking at Gene Therapy and Immune Therapy
Analyzing immune therapy
Evaluating Experimental Drug Therapy
Chapter 15
Trying hormone therapy again
Evaluating experimental options
Managing Difficult Symptoms and Side Effects
Part IV
Chapter 16
Easing Stress with Relaxation Therapy
Mastering basic relaxation therapy techniques
Pulsing Down with Biofeedback
Analyzing the pros and cons of biofeedback
Finding biofeedback therapists
Pondering Meditation and Prayer
Battling Depression
Benefiting from Counseling
Tracking down a good therapist
Chapter 17
Taking it slow at first
Dropping a Few Pounds
Weighing in on simple quick and safe weightloss tips
Doing Away with Unhealthy Habits
Quitting smoking
Stopping or cutting back on heavy drinking
Chapter 18
Weighing the Pros and Cons
The downside of alternative remedies
A potential lifesaver?
Can it reduce your risk?
Fighting Prostate Cancer with Your Diet
Checking Out Other Alternative Remedies
Naturally occurring alternative remedies
Boning up with vitamin D
Part V
Chapter 19
Considering Causes of Erectile Dysfunction
Hormone therapy
Finding Natural Ways to Improve Your Love Life
Devices That May Help
Happily Ever After with Viagra and Other Medications
Injectable drugs
The implantable pellet
Considering Penile Implant Surgery
Overcoming your fear of surgery
Weighing the pros and cons
Knowing what to expect
Chapter 20
Checking out the key symptoms
Determining your incontinence type
A dribble or a flood?
Padding the Problem
Giving medication a try
Keying in on Kegels
Making some lifestyle changes
Considering surgery
Chapter 21
Recognizing the Signs of a Recurrence
Developing symptoms
Evaluating Your Treatment Choices
Joining clinical studies
Part VI
Chapter 22
Explaining Prostate Cancer to Your Boss and CoWorkers
Identifying Laws that Cover Serious Illness
Family and Medical Leave Act
Other federal and state laws
Checking Out the Social Security Disability
Participating in the application process
Appealing a denial
Chapter 23
Explaining Your Illness
Discuss myths and realities
Ask for and accept your partners help
Cope with the need for moreless time alone
Explaining Cancer to Your Kids
Dealing with magical thinking
Providing hope along with a needed dose of reality
Chapter 24
Dealing with Your Own Fears and Emotions
Avoid playing the blame game
Talking about common fears
Advice for Wives and Significant Others
Coping with your loved ones volatile emotions
Helping your loved one express his feelings
Dealing with the effects of treatment
Making time for yourself
Part VII
Chapter 25
If You Have Cancer Youll Know Because of the Symptoms
You Caused Your Cancer
Impotence Always Follows Treatment
Chapter 26
Tell Your Loved Ones At Least Your Partner About Your Cancer
Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle
When You Decide on a Treatment Dont Delay Needlessly
Chapter 27
Realizing that Prostate Cancer Is Highly Treatable
Getting Out of the House Can Lift Your Spirits
Reuniting with an Old Friend or Family Member
Appendix A
Appendix B
Utilizing the Web
Newsgroups
Copyright

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About the author (2011)

Paul H. Lange, MD (Seattle, WA) is a prostate cancer survivor himself and is an internationally renowned surgeon and a leader of cutting-edge research on urological malignancies, including prostate cancer. He is a medical school professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Lange is also co-director of the Genitourinary Tumor Laboratory at the University of Washington.

Christine Adamec is a veteran medical writer.

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TitleProstate Cancer For Dummies
--For dummies
AuthorsPaul H. Lange, M.D., Christine Adamec
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2011
ISBN1118053036, 9781118053034
Length384 pages
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