The definitive guide to prostate cancer everything you need to know about conventional and integrative therapies

Katz, Aaron E.

Large Print 2011

One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Now Dr. Aaron Katz, founding director of the Center for Holistic Urology at Columbia University, empowers them with all the tools needed to make the most informed decisions about prostate health at every stage from prevention to postdiagnosis. Armed with Dr. Katz's expert guidance and the absolute latest information, patients will be equipped to navigate this difficult diagnosis and reclaim t...

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ISBN:

9781410447432
141044743X

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Large print edition

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393 pages ; 23 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-353) and index

Contents:

Part I. Laying the groundwork: your prostate, cancer, and modes of treatment. Your prostate: a user' s guide
Understanding prostate cancer (and cancer in general)
Understanding integrative medicine and its scientific foundations
Part II. When the news isn't great: prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. The truth about prostate cancer screening and diagnosis: what tests are really needed and why
Staging tests for prostate cancer
Not your father' s prostate cancer treatments: the truth about mainstream medical therapy for prostate cancer
Rising PSA after treatment
Part III. Chemoprevention, your prostate, and your health. The prostate cancer diet
Much more than roots, leaves, and berries: The Center for Holistic Urology's herbal and nutritional supplement recommendations
Working out and chilling out: two sides of the same chemopreventive coin
Part IV. Other prostatic mishaps: BPH and prostatitis. The "growing problem": integrative diagnosis and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
A pain in the prostate: integrative diagnosis and treatment of prostatitis

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2011051575

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855698

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