Major medical breakthroughs are enabling more and more men to survive prostate cancer. Once a deraded killer, the disease can today be managed with a wide range of powerful new strategies. Now this lifesaving guide by Dr. Patrick Walsh and award-winning science writer Janet Farrar Worthington offers a message of hope to all those facing this illness. Learn:
- The risk factors of prostate cancer, including heredity, diet, and envrionment
- Why a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, grains, and less red meat may help prevent or delay prostate cancer
- Why the digital rectal exam and PSA test might save your life
- The latest treatment options--from Dr. Walsh's "nerve-sparing" radical prostatectomy to new radiation techniques and promising drugs for advanced prostate cancer
- Effective methods for recovering continence and potency after treatment.
"The ultimate book on the No. 1 men's disease in the world...should be in every man's home."
--USA Today "All men--and their loved ones--battling or concerned about prostate cancer should read this book."
--Publisher's Weekly "Comforting, encouraging...a must-read for women, men, and families...tells you everything you need to know." --Elizabeth Dole
"Dr. Walsh is widely regarded as the nation's finest prostate cancer surgeon... Very current...thoroughgoing primer on the disease, full of accessible but detailed explanations."
--Washington Post
"The ultimate book on the No. 1 men's disease in the world...should be in every man's home." --USA Today
"Dr. Walsh is widely regarded as the nation's finest prostate surgeon...Very current...thoroughgoing primer on the disease, full of accessible but detailed explanations." --Washington Post
"Comforting, encouraging...a must-read for women, men, and families...tells you everything you need to know." --Elizabeth Dole