All about prostate cancer / Fred Stephens

Bib ID:
2111912
Format:
Book
Author:
Stephens, Fred, 1927-
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Description:
  • South Melbourne ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000
  • xvi, 136 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
0195514041
Summary:

A sympathetic account of the nature of prostate cancer, its diagnosis, the limited treatment options and their serious side effects, the ethical issues associated with screening, and the clues now available on its prevention.

Full contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: Foreword
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. What is the prostate?
  • 2. What is cancer?
  • 3. What causes cancer?
  • 4. Can prostate cancer be prevented?
  • 5. Symptoms of prostate cancer
  • 6. Treatment of hyperplasia without cancer
  • 7. General aspects of prostate cancer
  • 8. Surgical treatment
  • 9. Radiotherapy
  • 10. Hormone treatment
  • 11. Chemotherapy
  • 12. Evidence-based medicine
  • 13. Controversies in prostate cancer
  • 14. Complications and palliative care
  • 15. Secondary (metastatic) prostate cancer
  • 16. The relationship between the patient and his doctors
  • 17. Future directions
  • 18. Conclusions.
Notes:
  • Includes index.
  • Bibliography.
Subject:
Prostate -- Cancer
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