Introduction |
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Section 1 First Things First |
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1 This Is How It All Begins |
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2 Your First Questions Are Answered, But ... |
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3 Let's Get Prostate Cancer In Perspective |
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4 What Are The Symptoms Of Prostate Trouble? |
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5 The Importance Of Early Screening And Diagnosis |
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6 Regular Psa Testing And Strategic Treatment |
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7 Testing And Your Quality Of Life |
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8 What Are The Tests, And What Do They Mean? |
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Section 2 Controversy and Disagreement |
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9 The Controversy Continues: To Test Or Not To Test |
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Section 3 What Are My Treatment Options? |
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10 Early-Stage Treatment Options And Their Implications |
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11 What About Metastatic Prostate Cancer? |
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Section 4 Managing My Prostate Cancer Decisions |
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12 Understanding Prostate Cancer's Emotional Impact |
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13 Your Hidden Needs: Getting Insight And Help |
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14 Prostate Cancer Realities Are Different Than You Think |
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15 Adjusting: The Question Of Intimacy |
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16 A Correct And Expansive View Of Palliative Care |
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17 Beyond Intimacy, Maintaining Perspective |
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Section 5 Recurrent Prostate Cancer, a Biochemical Recurrence |
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18 What If My Prostate Cancer Returns? |
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Section 6 Looking Toward the Future |
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19 What Does The Future Hold For Me? |
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20 How Long Will My Recovery Take? |
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21 Aids For Your Return To Sexual Activity |
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Section 7 Prostate Cancer Development |
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22 What Is My Prostate Gland, And Why Is It Important? |
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23 How Did I Develop Prostate Cancer? |
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24 Can Prostate Cancer Be Prevented? |
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25 How Does Prostate Cancer Spread? |
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Resources for Information and Treatment |
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Bibliography |
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Notes |
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Index |
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About the Authors |
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