Archive for November, 2011
Know Your Score (What is a PSA score???) Part #2
this information will give you further insight about Prostate Caner, Prostate infections and a enlarged prostate.
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Tags: enlarged prostate, Information, insight, prostate caner, prostate infections, PSA | 
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Surviving Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions
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Complete, up-to-date, and readable, the book explains how to come to terms with the diagnosis of prostate cancer, evaluate the severity of the disease, and assess the variety of treatment options and their complications. Many chapters provide information other books barely consider, such as a full discussion of the causes of prostate cancer and an evaluation of other books on the subject. Also included is a summary of the most useful Web sites.
The author mixes his personal experience with factual material, and he maintains a reassuring sense of humor. His advice is practical, with dozens of tips and lists including “Ten Steps to Sanity for Men Recently Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.” With Dr. Torrey’s book in hand, readers can now tackle all the important decisions about prostate cancer, confident in having the most accurate and complete information available.
Surviving Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions
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Tags: causes of prostate cancer, e fuller torrey, hand readers, Information, Informed, Product |
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Cantore and Bettes “Face-off” for prostate cancer awareness all November
All November, Bettes and Cantore are growing beards to raise awareness for men’s health issues and prostate cancer awareness. Al Roker, Stephanie Abrams and the participants themselves weigh-in on who has the best beard so far.
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Tags: Awareness, Bettes, cancer, Cantore, Faceoff, November, Prostate |
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Surviving Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions
Product Description
Complete, up-to-date, and readable, the book explains how to come to terms with the diagnosis of prostate cancer, evaluate the severity of the disease, and assess the variety of treatment options and their complications. Many chapters provide information other books barely consider, such as a full discussion of the causes of prostate cancer and an evaluation of other books on the subject. Also included is a summary of the most useful Web sites.
The author mixes his personal experience with factual material, and he maintains a reassuring sense of humor. His advice is practical, with dozens of tips and lists including “Ten Steps to Sanity for Men Recently Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.” With Dr. Torrey’s book in hand, readers can now tackle all the important decisions about prostate cancer, confident in having the most accurate and complete information available.
Surviving Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions
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Tags: causes of prostate cancer, e fuller torrey, hand readers, Information, Informed, Product |
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Surviving Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions
Product Description
Complete, up-to-date, and readable, the book explains how to come to terms with the diagnosis of prostate cancer, evaluate the severity of the disease, and assess the variety of treatment options and their complications. Many chapters provide information other books barely consider, such as a full discussion of the causes of prostate cancer and an evaluation of other books on the subject. Also included is a summary of the most useful Web sites.
The author mixes his personal experience with factual material, and he maintains a reassuring sense of humor. His advice is practical, with dozens of tips and lists including “Ten Steps to Sanity for Men Recently Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.” With Dr. Torrey’s book in hand, readers can now tackle all the important decisions about prostate cancer, confident in having the most accurate and complete information available.
Surviving Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Prostate Cancer: The Breakthrough Information and Treatments That Can Help Save Your Life
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It’s The Most Common Cancer in American Men-And a Top Health Concern of Men Over 50. Don’t Let Prostate Cancer Win. Discover the Revolutionary Treatments that Could Save Your Life! Every year 350,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. With more and more treatments available to tackle the disease, choosing the one that’s right for you can be a daunting task. Now Dr. Glenn J. Bubley, an expert oncologist with twenty-five years of experience in conventional and experimental prostate cancer therapies, offers the latest information on the disease and the full range of therapeutic options available. He explains the pioneering techniques and medications being tested in today’s clinical trials-including herbs and nutritional supplements-so that you can weigh all the choices and make informed decisions about your health. Discover: * What the prostate is, how it works, and what can go wrong * Natural herbal and nutritional supplements that may improve prostate health * New diagnostic tests-and the limitations of standard PSA screening * The pros and cons of traditional surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy and how to assess promising new treatments * Experimental drugs and vaccines that may slow-or even stop-the spread of prostate cancer * How to choose the right doctor-and the best treatment plan-for you.
Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer (Spanish)
This patient education video explains radiation therapy treatment of prostate cancer. Included are the following sections: cancer and its causes, prostate anatomy, prostate cancer — diagnosis, staging, treatment options, external beam radiation, treatment course, external beam radiation risks and side effects, after radiation therapy.
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Tags: external beam radiation, patient, prostate cancer diagnosis, radiation, radiation therapy for prostate cancer, Treatment |
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Controversies in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: 10th International Symposium on Special Aspects of Radiotherapy, Berlin, September 2006
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Treatment strategies in prostate cancer underlie a permanent change due to continuous improvements. Based on the 10th International Symposium on Special Aspects of Radiotherapy held in Berlin in 2006, this volume highlights key advances in surgical, radiooncological and systemic treatment standards for prostate cancer. Furthermore, interdisciplinary co-operations and controversies are presented and future developments are discussed. The four parts of the book cover the different stages of the disease – localized prostate cancer, the lymph node positive situation, biochemical recurrence, and hormone-refractory and metastatic prostate cancer. Special attention is given to the value and sequence of systemic treatment options in relation to surgery and radiotherapy. Proving the reader with the latest treatment standards of prostate cancer, this book will be of great value to urologists and radiation oncologists as well as to all others involved in the care of patients with prostate cancer.
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Tags: Aspects, Controversies, metastatic prostate cancer, radiation oncologists, Radiotherapy, treatment of prostate cancer |
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Prostate Cancer Q&A — Sloan-Kettering
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center prostate cancer experts discuss a range of topics including new Veteran’s Administration guidelines on age and prostate cancer screening, the costs of radiation therapy vs. surgery, the effectiveness of proton beam therapy in prostate cancer, the difference between benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer, chemopreventive drugs such as finasteride (Proscar) and dutasteride (Avodart), and the role of dietary supplements in prostate cancer care. For more information, please visit www.mskcc.org
The Prostate Cancer Epidemic
Epidemiologist Peter Boyle gives an overview of the prostate cancer epidemic at the 2007 Prostate Cancer Mission event. More videos: arnonkrongrad.com
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