A Primer on Prostate Cancer. The Empowered Patient's Guide by Pogliano, Donna -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Copyright Contents How to Use This Book An Overview Chapter 1: How to Proceed

Move Beyond Panic Synergize Your Efforts Understand Your Options Understand the Inherent Biases Know the Tempo of the Disease Choosing a Doctor and a Treatment Keep Meticulous Records Be Aware of the Financial Side of Your Illness Gathering Information Nuts and Bolts What You Should Have Learned from This Chapter

Chapter 2: The Basics of Prostate Cancer

How Does Prostate Cancer Work? What You Should Have Learned from This Chapter

Chapter 3: Diagnosis and Testing

The PSA and the Free PSA Percentage Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) Biopsy of the Prostate and the Gleason Score Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (PAP) ProstaScint Scan Endorectal MRI DNA Ploidy Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan Bone Scan CT (Computerized Tomography) Scan or CAT Scan USPIO Particle Scanning and Lymph Node Investigation Chromogranin A (CGA) Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 (TGF-ß1) uPM3 Urine Test What You Should Have Learned from This Chapter

Chapter 4: Treatment Options

Radical Prostatectomy (RP)

Pathological Examination Debulking the Tumor Addressing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Risk of Impotence Penile Shrinkage Dry Orgasms Incontinence Anastomotic Stricture Salvage Therapies

Cryosurgery (Cryotherapy, Cryoablation)

Cryosurgery Centers Cryosurgery Results

Radiation Therapy (RT)

Advances in RT Overview Brachytherapy External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)

Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT)

ADT Overview

Watchful Waiting or Objectified Observation Chemotherapy of PC Treatments on the Horizon.

Aptosyn Provenge Angiostatin and Endostatin Atrasentan: An Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Oncolytic Viruses Antisense Oligonucleotides (ASO)

Clinical Trials What You Should Have Learned from This Chapter

Chapter 5: What You Should Have Learned From This Primer Afterword Acknowledgments Appendix A: Resources

Introduction To Educate You and Provide Guidance To Contribute to Your Knowledge Base To Communicate at a Higher Level with Your Medical Team To Create a Personalized Assessment of Your Status To Obtain Highly Focused Guidance To Ask Your Doctor Questions To Focus Further on Local Treatment Options To Resolve Treatment Side-Effects and Prevent Them To Employ Preventive and Wholistic Approaches To Further Your Assistance

Appendix B: If You Want To Know More Appendix C: The Partin Tables 2001 Appendix D: Glossary and TNM Staging Definitions Appendix E: References Appendix F: Useful Forms

The Transrectal Ultrasound of the Prostate (TRUSP) Form The Diagnostic Biopsy Form The Biomarkers, Hormones, Bone Integrity and Other Labs Form The AUA Symptom Score Form The Bone Scan Form The PC Laboratory Form The ProstaScint-CT Fusion Form The Endorectal MRI with Spectroscopy Form The Helpline Medical Form (HMF) The Flow Sheet Form The Summary Sheet and Surveillance Form

Appendix G: Clinical Stages of PC Illustrated Appendix H: Figures, Tables, Physician’s Notes, and Forms Listed

List of Figures List of Tables List of Physician’s Notes List of Forms

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