<p>From the book reviews:</p><p>“The purpose is to provide a guide for patients or other concerned readers who want to understand prostate cancer or prostate-related diseases. The book gives a most up-to-date summary of the available information in this area. The audience includes patients who have been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer or prostate-related diseases or concerned individuals.” (Jeanne Llenado, Doody’s Book Reviews, March, 2015)</p>
Understanding prostate diseases without the proper and reliable guidance can be overwhelming because the internet, television and print media saturate us with information ranging from scientific studies across the world to inspiring stories from cancer survivors to many myths and rumors. How do we interpret all that information? This book intends to help patients and their families to know and understand their diagnosis. Once this has been established, the reader can confidently determine the best choice of treatment, resting assured that the guidance in this book adheres to current international medical standards and has been influenced by the authors' many years of professional experiences. The editors aim to transmit, in a simple and precise manner, only relevant and necessary information to help patients and families that have been diagnosed with prostate diseases.
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Understanding prostate diseases without the proper and reliable guidance can be overwhelming because the internet, television and print media saturate us with information ranging from scientific studies across the world to inspiring stories from cancer survivors to many myths and rumors.
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1. Introduction.- 2. An Appointment with the Urologist.- 3. Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA).- 4. Prostate Biopsy.- 5. Prostatitis- Pelvic Pain.- 6. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.- 7. Prostate Cancer.- 8. How to Get a Second Opinion.
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Prostate Cancer – A Patient’s Guide gives the most up-to-date information about prostate diseases, answering questions regarding symptoms, associated conditions and current treatments, with the help of simple physiological terms, concise figures and clear medical descriptions. Influenced by the editors’ many years of professional experience and adhering to current international medical standards, Prostate Cancer – A Patient’s Guide holds the most recent and relevant information to help patients and their families who have been diagnosed with prostate diseases.
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Informative and easy to understand images are used to accompany the text, helping the reader to understand better the scientific and medical concepts described The latest medical standards issued by the most prestigious urology associations are followed, giving the reader the most current information and best grades of recommendation and legal acceptance The book is written by international experts in prostate disease, which provides the reader with the best source of information available Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783319055992
Publisert
2014-11-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer International Publishing AG
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Aldersnivå
Professional/practitioner, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet