An educational vehicle for the patient-to-be (that is, all men age
35-40+) as well as for the man already diagnosed with prostate
cancer...and for his wife or partner. The purpose: to induce men to
assume a more active and aggressive responsibility for monitoring
their own prostate health. After the Chronology of Events related
to prostate cancer discoveries and treatments throughout history,
Dr. Vilas discusses multiples statistics that enlighten men on how
to approach and what to expect from their medical care specialists
and HMOs, and how to keep their own medical records. Then, he
identifies symptoms, from urinary difficulties (frequency,
intermittency, urgency, weak-stream, dribbling, disuria, etc.) to
sexual dysfunction; he explains positive tests indicative of cancer
and then he details the main treatments available, from "Doing
Nothing" to hormonal therapy to surgery to radiation and to the
latest development, the daVinci Robotic Radical Prostatectomy.
Statistical explanations of PSA tests, biopsy, and staging of the
cancer give the reader a wide spectrum of knowledge to be able to
interpret tests and doctors' reports; the man learns when and how
to request which tests and why. In the U.S.A. alone, 234,460 new
cases of prostate cancer are being diagnosed in 2006, and 27,350
more men will die from this disease. Yet most men have no
knowledge, or very limited, of prostate misbehavior. Additionally,
many men, when diagnosed, complain that they do not receive enough
information from their medical professionals and that they cannot
respond intelligently when asked to make treatment decisions -as
asserted by the over 100 patients from seven countries personally
interviewed by the author.
General
| Imprint: |
Yago Editorial
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2006 |
| First published: |
September 2006 |
| Authors: |
Ph. D. Santiago Vilas
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
188 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-9748946-1-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-9748946-1-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780974894614 |
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