Contemporary issues in prostate cancer : a nursing perspective / [edited by] Jeanne Held-Warmkessel.

Epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention strategies / Elissa Clayton
Screening and early detection / Anne Robin Waldman
Cellular characteristics, pathophysiology, and disease manifestations / Jennifer Cash
Initial assessment and diagnosis / Susan K. Roethke
Staging of prostate cancer / Mary Collins
Treatment decision making / William Tester, Alberto Mizrachi, Maria Devito Brouch
Expectant management: the art and science of watchful waiting / Maureen E. O'Rourke
Surgery / Tina Mason
Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy / Denise Bickert


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.