A Patient's Guide to Prostate Cancer - Prostate Cancer Centre

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Everyman www.icr.ac.uk/everyman Everyman, The Institute of Cancer Research Freepost LON922, London SW7 3YY Tel: 020 7878 3810 Fax: 020 7153 5313 e-mail: everyman@icr.ac.uk Dedicated to male cancers, promoting awareness and raising money for research. Has opened the UK’s first male cancer research centre. British Prostate Group c/o BAUS, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE Tel: 020 7869 6950 Fax: 020 7404 5048 An interest group around prostate disease, involving both clinical and scientific research, particularly in prostate cancer. CancerBACUP www.cancerbacup.org.uk ‘Helping people live with cancer.’ CancerSupport UK www.cancersupportuk.nhs.uk ‘Coping with cancer at home.’ The Sexual Dysfunction Association www.impotence.org.uk ‘To help sufferers of impotence (erectile dysfunction) and their partners.’ Other useful websites Brachytherapy www.prostatespecialist.co.uk www.seattleprostateinst.com Radical prostatectomy www.laparoscopicradicalprostatectomy.co.uk Cryosurgery www.cryosurgery.co.uk 32 Published by: Eurocommunica Ltd Caxton House, 51 Barnham Road, Barnham, West Sussex PO22 0ER A Patient’s Guide to Prostate Cancer
Patient Information Hospital Details: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consultant: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Urology Nurse Specialist: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PSA: Clinical Stage: Gleason Score: ..............ng/ml T . ......... ...... + ...... = ...... Imaging Results: Bone scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... MRI/CT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Next Hospital Appointment: Next PSA level test: 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The views and opinions contained in this book are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Eurocommunica Ltd.
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Page 3 and 4: Anatomy. Vas deferens Bladder Pubic
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Page 7 and 8: that, instead of blood, they contai
Page 9 and 10: Symptoms and Diagnosis What are the
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Page 17 and 18: Treatment How is prostate cancer tr
Page 19 and 20: Frequently, patients opting for suc
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Page 25 and 26: Prostate gland Transrectal ultrasou
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