TY - BOOK AU - Held-Warmkessel,Jeanne TI - Contemporary issues in prostate cancer: a nursing perspective. SN - 0763730750 AV - RC280.P7.C67 U1 - 616.99/463 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Boston PB - Jones and Bartlett Publishers KW - Prostate KW - Cancer KW - Nursing KW - Prostatic Neoplasms KW - nursing N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention strategies -- Screening and early detection -- Cellular characteristics, pathophysiology, and disease manifestations -- Initial assessment and diagnosis -- Staging of prostate cancer -- Treatment decision making -- Expectant management: the art and science of watchful waiting -- Surgery -- Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy -- External beam radiation therapy -- Interstitial brachytherapy -- hormonal therapy -- Treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer with chemotherapy -- Quality of life and prostate cancer -- Advanced prostate cancer: symptom management -- The use of complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies in men with prostate cancer -- Prostate cancer resources for patients, families and professionals --; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005025300.html ER -