Contemporary issues in prostate cancer : a nursing perspective / [edited by] Jeanne Held-Warmkessel.

Other author Held-Warmkessel, Jeanne.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoSudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, ©2006.
Descriptionxx, 456 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

Contents Epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention strategies / Elissa Clayton -- Screening and early detection / Anne Robin Waldman -- Cellular characteristics, pathophysiology, and disease manifestations / Jennifer Cash -- Initial assessment and diagnosis / Susan K. Roethke -- Staging of prostate cancer / Mary Collins -- Treatment decision making / William Tester, Alberto Mizrachi, Maria Devito Brouch -- Expectant management: the art and science of watchful waiting / Maureen E. O'Rourke -- Surgery / Tina Mason -- Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy / Denise Bickert --
Contents External beam radiation therapy / Heidi Volpe, Scott V. Watkins -- Interstitial brachytherapy / Jennifer Cash -- Hormonal therapy / Laura Stempkowski -- Treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer with chemotherapy / Jeanne Held-Warmkessel -- Quality of life and prostate cancer / Cynthia R. King -- Advanced prostate cancer: symptom management / Jeanne Held-Warmkessel -- The use of complementary and alternatieve (CAM) therapies in men with prostate cancer / Georgia M. Decker -- Prostate cancer resources for patients, families, and professionals / Carol Bleecher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN2005025300
ISBN0763730750 :