Screen LibraryProstate cancer
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| Published: |
Chelsea House,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Deadly diseases and epidemics |
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| Carrier Form: | 136 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0791089355 (hardcover) 9780791089354 (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | R737 |
| CLC: | R737.25-49 |
| Call Number: | R737.25-49/C889 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- What is prostate cancer and who gets it? -- Prostate anatomy and normal functions -- Prostate cancer pathology and grading -- Prostate cancer screening and diagnosis -- Treatment of organ-confined prostate cancer -- Treatment of advanced prostate cancer -- Spread of prostate cancer -- Prostate cancer prevention -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Further resources. Discusses prostate cancer, covering who is at risk to get the disease, how it develops, what its symptoms are, and how it can be treated and prevented. |