
Redefining Prostate Cancer
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The past decade of breakthroughs in clinical research and unprecedented technological advancements has affected few medical conditions more than prostate cancer. Even the most up-to-date advice can vary significantly from one doctor to the next.
Enter Redefining Prostate Cancer: An Innovative Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment, the most complete and accurate analysis of prostate cancer treatment, prevention, research, and technology. Internationally renowned prostate cancer experts offer cutting-edge commentary on the questions that all modern men need to have answered. Arm yourself with Redefining Prostate Cancer and the confidence that your decisions are being made with the best possible information as your guide.
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Herbert Lepor, MD, is one of the leading experts in the field of prostate cancer. He is currently the Martin Spatz Chairman of the Department of Urology and the Director of the Smilow Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Center at the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. He was previously appointed Chairman of Urology at NYU School of Medicine at the age of 37, the youngest chairman of a major academic urology department in the country at that time. Dr. Lepor has written more than 300 articles on the topic of prostate cancer in peer-reviewed academic publications.
Dan Sperling, MD, DABR, is the Medical Director at the Sperling Prostate Center, New York, NY. A leading specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate tumors through magnetic resonance imaging and laser ablation procedures, Dr. Sperling is certified by the American Board of Radiology and licensed in New York and New Jersey.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Your Prostate: An Owner's Guide
- Chapter 2: Checking Your Prostate: What's Right for You?
- Chapter 3: Redefining Prostate Cancer
- Chapter 4: Making the Diagnosis: Imaging and Biopsy
- Chapter 5: I Have Prostate Cancer: Now What?
- Chapter 6: Treatment Choices: Removing the Prostate
- Chapter 7: Treatment Choices: Radiation Therapy
- Chapter 8: Treatment Choices: Ablation Therapy
- Chapter 9: Treatment Choices: Hormone Therapy
- Chapter 10: Living beyond Cancer: Life after Treatment
- Appendix A: More Prostate Cancer Resources
- Appendix B: Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author
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