Contemporary issues in prostate cancer : a nursing perspective / [edited by] Jeanne Held-Warmkessel.
| Other author | Held-Warmkessel, Jeanne. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, ©2006. |
| Description | xx, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005025300 |
| ISBN | 0763730750 : |