Prostrate Cancer: What You Need to Know--Now.PROSTRATE pros·trate tr.v. pros·trat·ed, pros·trat·ing, pros·trates 1. To put or throw flat with the face down, as in submission or adoration: CANCER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW--NOW AUTHOR: The Experts at the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, , 2007 ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0 944235 66 2, 108 pp plus glossary, index and references, $7.95 For many health care professionals, this is THE book on prostate cancer to read. It is short, but not so short that you will not find what you need to understand this second most common cancer in men (lung cancer is number one.) Granted there is little here about PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. assays, although the short section on the value (or problems) of the test is to the point and should be understood, not only by the lab, but the clinicians who order the test. Although the book bears a 2007 publication date, there is nothing here about free PSA, the delta (or change/yr) in PSA or any of the newer tests. I wonder if it is because "the experts at the American Cancer Society" do not "approve" of those tests (yet?). Speaking of approving of tests, it must be known and spread throughout the field that "no major scientific or medical organization including the ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. , American Urological Society, US Preventive Services Task Force According to the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, US Preventive Services Task Force is "an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services. , or the National Cancer Institute ... advocate routine testing at this time." The recommendation at this time is that the physician discuss the question of prostate cancer and the pros and cons pros and cons Noun, pl the advantages and disadvantages of a situation [Latin pro for + con(tra) against] of testing and treating with each patient on an individual basis. This stems in part from the large number of false positives (as many as 25% of those testing) and the fact that most men with prostate cancer will not die from it. There is a brief section on the risk factors--including age, "race," nationality, diet (?), exercise (?) and vasectomy vasectomy, male sterilization by surgical excision of the vas deferens, the thin duct that carries sperm cells from the testicles to the prostate and the penis. (no). The longest section is on the treatments currently used (including watchful waiting, which is currently being seriously studied). Since each of the other treatments involves some rather important disadvantages (e.g., impotence and incontinence), the patient needs to weigh this with the advantages of treating a disease that is unlikely to kill. Even today with the Internet and better informed (more cynical) patients, many still assume that the doctor is always right and knows everything. This being not true, the section on questions to ask the doctor should be copied and taken with the patient at each visit where the PSA or a diagnosis is discussed. I wish more diseases had a 100-page book like this. Book Reviews are written by David Plaut, Plano, TX. davidplaut@yahoo.com |
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