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• Title:Surviving prostate cancer : what you need to know to make informed decisions / E. Fuller Torrey ; illustrations by Carlton Stoiber.
  
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• Author/Creator:Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937-
  
• Published/Created:New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WJ752 .T67 2006
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:c.1 Missing - 06-06-2012
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Prostate--Cancer--Treatment--Popular works.
  Prostate--Cancer--Popular works.
  
• Medical Subjects: Prostatic Neoplasms--Popular Works.
  Prostatic Neoplasms--therapy--Popular Works.
  
• Description:xiv, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Yale University Press health & wellness.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0300116403 (alk. paper)
  9780300116403 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. On being diagnosed
  2. How serious is your cancer?
  3. Surgical treatment
  4. Radiation treatment
  5. Hormone treatment
  6. Cryotherapy
  7. Alternative and experimental therapies
  8. Treatment decisions
  9. Your support system
  10. Major complications and their treatment
  11. What happens if the cancer spreads or comes back?
  12. What is known about the causes?
  13. Factors that may prevent emergence or recurrence
  14. Science and politics
  15. Advice for men who do not have prostate cancer
  App. A. anatomy and function of the prostate gland
  App. B. Evaluation of books about prostate cancer.