Prostate CancerOxford University Press, 24 cze 2010 - 115 Around 32,000 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. It differs from most other cancers in the body, in that small areas of cancer within the prostate are very common and may not grow or cause any problems for many years. It is often it is diagnosed during a routine checkup so most men that are diagnosed often have no warning signs. About one in three men over the age of 50 have some cancer cells within their prostate and nearly all men over the age of 80 have a small area of prostate cancer. It may cause pain, difficulty in urinating, erectile dysfunction and other symptoms, but early prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms. Since the first edition of this book was published in 2003, there have been several groundbreaking studies completed that have changed the way that certain categories of the disease are treated. This new edition of the book includes sections on radiotherapy, which is now known to be an effective treatment for men with residual prostate cancer after surgery, and a heavily updated chapter on Advanced Disease. |
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1 Introduction | 1 |
2 How do doctors measure the severity and extent of a prostate cancer? | 11 |
3 Risks and benefits of screening and radical treatmenta guide | 18 |
4 Treatment and management options | 23 |
5 Screening | 34 |
6 Hormone therapy | 39 |
7 Locally advanced disease | 44 |
8 Advanced disease | 51 |
10 Chemoprevention and vitamins | 61 |
11 Clinical trials | 65 |
12 Prostate cancer and sex | 73 |
13 Questions and answers | 77 |
Glossary | 85 |
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9 Alternative treatments | 58 |
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06 Key points active monitoring alternative treatments androgen antioxidants benefit benign prostatic hyperplasia biopsy bladder blood body body’s bone brachytherapy cancer cells cancer treatments cause cent Chapter chemotherapy clinical trial cure develop diagnosed diet discussed docetaxel doctor dose drug called early prostate cancer enlargement evidence external beam radiotherapy form of treatment forms of hormone given Gleason grade Gonadorelin harm hormonal treatment hormone therapy important incontinence increase injection LHRH LHRH agonists LHRH antagonists locally advanced disease Lycopene lymph nodes male hormone malignant Metastasis oestrogens oral anti-androgens orchidectomy pain penis problems prostate cancer prostate gland PSA level PSA test radical prostatectomy randomized trials rectum reduce risk of prostate scan screening Selenium sexual sildenafil spread sum score surgery symptoms tablet testicles testosterone tissue transrectal ultrasound treated treatment for prostate treatment options TRUS tumour TURP types of cancer urethra urinary urologist usually vitamin Vitamin E X-ray