Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer

Major medical breakthroughs are enabling more and more men to survive prostate cancer. Once a deraded killer, the disease can today be managed with a wide range of powerful new strategies. Now this lifesaving guide by Dr. Patrick Walsh and award-winning science writer Janet Farrar Worthington offers a message of hope to all those facing this illness. Learn:

• The risk factors of prostate cancer, including heredity, diet, and envrionment
  
• Why a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, grains, and less red meat may help prevent or delay prostate cancer
  
• Why the digital rectal exam and PSA test might save your life
  
• The latest treatment options--from Dr. Walsh's "nerve-sparing" radical prostatectomy to new radiation techniques and promising drugs for advanced prostate cancer
  
• Effective methods for recovering continence and potency after treatment.

"The ultimate book on the No. 1 men's disease in the world...should be in every man's home."--USA Today

"All men--and their loved ones--battling or concerned about prostate cancer should read this book."--Publisher's Weekly

"Comforting, encouraging...a must-read for women, men, and families...tells you everything you need to know." --Elizabeth Dole

"Dr. Walsh is widely regarded as the nation's finest prostate cancer surgeon... Very current...thoroughgoing primer on the disease, full of accessible but detailed explanations."--Washington Post