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Mayo Clinic on prostate health / medical editors, Derek J. Lomas, M.D., Paras H. Shah, M.D.

Summary:

"Prostate disease, including prostate cancer, often can be treated and even prevented. Mayo Clinic on Prostate Health, Third Edition, is an essential resource for every man. It explains how to maintain better prostate health, and how to evaluate treatment options when disease occurs. Prostate concerns often start out with changes in patterns of urination, difficulty with sexual function, or worry over hormone levels. Fortunately, the outlook for management, cure and survival of prostate disease is better now than ever before. The experts at Mayo Clinic can help readers evaluate treatment options, cope with cancer and treatment side effects, and discover ways to improve quality of life. Topics covered include: the debate over PSA testing; latest imaging technology; full range of treatment options for prostatitis and BPH; new advances in treatment of prostate cancer; what's happening in research, and managing treatment side effects, including incontinence and impotence"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1945564091
ISBN: 9781945564093
Physical Description: 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Edition: 3rd edition.
Publisher: [Rochester, MN] : Mayo Clinic Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	About the prostate gland -- Getting a prostate checkup -- Imaging procedures -- Prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain -- Benign prostatic hyperplasia -- Treating benign prostatic hyperplasia -- Learning you have cancer -- Treating prostate cancer -- Advanced and recurrent cancer -- Coping with complications -- Getting on with life -- Can you prevent prostate disease? -- Integrative therapies.