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Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love
Supporting and Caring for Your Partner
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2012
Summary
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men after skin cancer. However this cancer is highly curable and most men live for many years after treatment; only eleven percent of cancer deaths are due to prostate cancer. It is well known that the side effects of the treatment cause more suffering than the disease itself. Side effects of surgery include incontinence and erectile difficulties; radiation therapy leads to urinary and bowel problems; and androgen deprivation (hormone) therapy leads to a broad range of long-term side effects affecting physical and emotional functioning.
But it is not only the man who suffers through treatment and its side effects. The partners and spouses of prostate cancer survivors are known to experience distress as the man they love moves through the various stages of diagnosis, treatment, and survival. While prostate cancer is a couples’ disease, there is much attention paid to the man with cancer and very little to the person and his partner or spouse, who is his prime supporter and who often struggles to make sense of what has happened and why, and how best to support and take care of him.
Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love speaks to the loving partners/spouses of men with prostate cancer, whether soon after diagnosis, or later when the man gets on with the rest of his life. Katz includes both the medical information necessary to understanding the disease and firsthand accounts from cancer patients and survivors and their partners. Tips for communication and problem solving, with both partners and health care teams, are offered throughout. Anyone dealing with prostate cancer will find in these pages comfort and insight, as well as specific advice for coping, healing, and moving forward in the spirit of healing and love.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-1452-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-1454-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
222
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Chapter 1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter 2. What Do We Do?: Confronting the Challenges of Diagnosis No access Pages 11 - 22
Chapter 3. Is This the Right Doctor?: Choosing a Doctor and Treatment No access Pages 23 - 38
Chapter 4. Waiting It Out: Active Surveillance No access Pages 39 - 48
Chapter 5. Get It Out!: Opting for Surgery No access Pages 49 - 68
Chapter 6. What about the Noninvasive Route?: Radiation Therapy No access Pages 69 - 82
Chapter 7. Shall We Try This?: New and Experimental Treatments No access Pages 83 - 94
Chapter 8. What Does This Mean?: Cancer Recurrence No access Pages 95 - 104
Chapter 9. How Will He Feel?: Androgen Deprivation Therapy No access Pages 105 - 124
Chapter 10. Will This Improve My Chances?: Enrolling in Clinical Trials No access Pages 125 - 134
Chapter 11. Let’s Talk about It!: Communication No access Pages 135 - 148
Chapter 12. One of the Guys: Joining a Support Group No access Pages 149 - 158
Chapter 13. It All Went Wrong: End-of-Life Care No access Pages 159 - 170
Chapter 14. Don’t Worry about Me!: Self-Care No access Pages 171 - 182
