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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.99463 EAN: 9780446696890 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0446696897 Label: Wellness Central Manufacturer: Wellness Central Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 592 Publication Date: June 27, 2007 Publisher: Wellness Central Studio: Wellness Central Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: EVERY MAN NEEDS THIS BOOK! Each year, more than 200,00 American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. The good news is that more men are being cured of this disease than ever before. Now in a revised second edition, this lifesaving guide by Dr. Patrick Walsh and ard-winning science writer Janet Farrar Worthington offers a message of hope to every man facing this illness. Prostate cancer is a different disease in every man--which means that the right treatment varies for each man. Giving you a second opinion from the world's top experts in surgery, pathology, urology, and radiation and medical oncology, this book helps you determine the best plan for you. Learn:
"The ultimate book on the No. 1 men's disease in the world...should be in every man's home." --USA Today "Comforting, encouraging...a must-read for women, men, and families...tells you everything you need to know."--Elizabeth Dole "Dr. Walsh is widely regarded as the nation's finest prostate surgeon...Very current...thoroughgoing primer on the disease, full of accessible but detailed explanations." --Washington Post Patrich C. Walsh, MD, the world's foremost authority on prostate cancer, is the Distinguished Service Professor of Urology at the Brady Urological Institute of the The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Walsh was honored as the 2007 National Physician of the Year for Clinical Excellence by Americas Top Doctors. Janet Farrar Worthington is an award-winning science writer. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Surviving Prostate Cancer by Patrick WalshIf you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, this book is a must have. It contains answers to practically all of your questions and is in an easy to understand format. Rating: - Review of "Surviving Prostate Cancer"This is definitely a great source of information about prostate cancer and how to modify diet to minimize the effects of the malady. This basic approach should be common knowledge, perhaps more widely taught in schools, for all men around the world, of all ages, but unfortunately it is not. What I find most interesting is the various foods that can shrink prostate cancer cells, and should therefore be consumed regularly, such as broccoli, tomato paste, watermelon, and soy, and also foods that ... Read More Rating: - Surviving Prostrate CancerDr Walsh's book is a must read for the older American male. Well written and quite detailed, it is easily understood by senior men regardless of their educational background. Reading this book should be recommended by primary care physicians to patients with an abnormal PSA who are referred for an urological consultation. Rating: - Facing the inevitableBy the time you are purchasing this book you probably are on your way to having a biopsy or, more likely, have received the report and its not good news....This book is the most comprehensive of all that I've looked at since my own biopsy, though one warning is to keep in mind that surgical techniques have still improved even further since the book went to press a couple years ago....The stress on incontinence after the radical prostatectomy may be overwrought -- or at least I became overwrought ... Read More Rating: - De. Patrick Walsh Guide to Surviving Prostate CancerExcellent book. It contains everything a man needs to know. This cancer is beatable but each of us needs to take a couple of basic steps to protect us from this desease. It calms the person who is undergoing a removal of the prostate. It need not be life-threatening. Yes it will be painful and bothersome but nothing a man cannot withstand. 
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