The Cleveland Clinic guide to prostate cancer

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Author:

Klein, Eric A., 1955-

ISBN:

9781607140771

Publication Information:

New York : Kaplan Pub., c2009.

Physical Description:

x, 150 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Cleveland Clinic guide series.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Your prostate: what it is and what it does -- Who gets prostate cancer? -- How is prostate cancer detected? -- Getting a picture of prostate cancer -- Treating prostate cancer -- When the cancer fights back -- Preventing prostate cancer -- Finding clinical trials -- Research: hope for the future -- Moving forward.

Subject Term:

Prostate -- Cancer.

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One in six men will fight prostate cancer during their lifetime. If you are someone affected by this disease, the key to winning the battle is keeping yourself informed. Make the decision today to get the facts about prostate cancer.

Author Notes

Eric A. Klein, MD, is the Chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological Kidney Institute. He has written several books on urological malignancies and has been listed in Best Doctors in America since 1996. Dr. Klein is a co-discoverer of XMRV, a human virus found in men genetically predisposed to prostate cancer.

Introduction	p. ix
Chapter 1 Your Prostate: What It Is and What It Does	p. 1
Chapter 2 Who Gets Prostate Cancer?	p. 7
Chapter 3 How Is Prostate Cancer Detected?	p. 21
Chapter 4 Getting a Picture of Prostate Cancer	p. 35
Chapter 5 Treating Prostate Cancer	p. 51
Chapter 6 When the Cancer Fights Back	p. 71
Chapter 7 Preventing Prostate Cancer	p. 87
Chapter 8 Finding Clinical Trials	p. 101
Chapter 9 Research: Hope for the Future	p. 117
Chapter 10 Moving Forward	p. 133
Appendix 1 Late-Breaking News on Prostate Cancer	p. 135
Appendix 2 Where to Start on the Web	p. 143
Index	p. 145

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