The Prostate Cancer Treatment Book - Couverture souple

Grimm, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0071422560 ISBN 13 : 9780071422567

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Education, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Grimm Peter Blasko John Sylvester John

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

An all-star team of experts tells you what you need to know about fighting and beating prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is a serious and sometimes deadly disease, but it is one of the most treatable cancers. If you've been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you owe it to yourself to learn all you can about your treatment options and what you can expect in the weeks and months ahead.

A source of comfort, encouragement, and priceless information, The Prostate Cancer Treatment Book offers you complete answers to all your questions about conquering prostate cancer. It brings together the insights and expertise of twenty-one of the nation's top prostate cancer specialists from the Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cornell University, the Seattle Prostate Institute, and other leading treatment centers. And it shares inspiring real-life accounts from men who have beaten prostate cancer.

With The Prostate Cancer Treatment Book in your corner, you'll:

• Get the right diagnosis
• Know how to talk with your doctors
• Make informed decisions about surgery, hormone treatments, external beam radiation, and other treatments
• Learn whether radioactive seed implantation therapy--the latest, most promising treatment--is appropriate for you
• Cope with side effects of treatment
• Prevent the cancer from coming back

Knowledge is power. This book gives you the power you need to beat prostate cancer.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Peter Grimm, Ph.D., is the executive director of the Seattle Prostate Institute in Seattle, Washington. John Blasko, M.D., is the director of research at the Seattle Prostate Institute and cofounder of the Prostate Cancer Foundation. John Sylvester, M.D., is the director of education at the Seattle Prostate Institute.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Education
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0071422560
• ISBN 13: 9780071422567
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240