Health and Medical Guide to Cancers Prostate Cancer Health information topics about Prostate Cancer: Alternative Therapy 1. Lycopene and Prostate Cancer Prevention Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/adult/patient/cancercenter/cancertips/lycopene.html Anatomy/Physiology 1. What Is Your Prostate? Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/bodysys/edbody13.htm Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Prostatic Neoplasms National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D011471&recruiting... Coping 1. Where to Seek Professional Help: Sexuality and Ca American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/mit/content/mit_7_2x_where_to_seek_profession... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Ultrasound of the Prostate Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/us-prostate.htm 2. Medical Tests for Prostate Problems National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/medtestprostate/ 3. Early Prostate Cancer: Questions and Answers National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_23.htm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Prostate Cancer Glossary American Foundation for Urologic Disease http://www.afud.org/conditions/pcglossary.asp Directories 1. Find a Urologist American Urological Association http://urologyhealth.org/find_urologist/ 2. Find a Radiation Oncologist American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology http://www.astro.org/members_corner/issi/main/directory_nm.asp?action=start... Genetics 1. Learning about Prostate Cancer National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10003559 Health Check Tools 1. Prostate Cancer Questionnaire Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/hccpquiz.pl?quiz=prostate&func=start... National Institutes of Health 1. Prostate Cancer National Cancer Institute http://nihseniorhealth.gov/prostatecancer/toc.html 2. What You Need to Know about Prostate Cancer National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/prostate 3. Prostate Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/prostate/patient/ Nutrition 1. Changing Your Dietary Habits Prostate Cancer Foundation http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/site/pp.asp?c=itIWK2OSG&b=68240 Organizations 1. American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/ 2. National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/ 3. Prostate Cancer Foundation http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/ 4. American Foundation for Urologic Disease http://www.afud.org/ Overviews 1. Detailed Guide: Prostate Cancer American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?rnav=cridg&dt=36 Prevention/Screening 1. Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test: Questions an National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_29.htm 2. Causes & Risk Factors Prostate Cancer Foundation http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/site/pp.asp?c=itIWK2OSG&b=70619 3. Prostate Cancer (PDQ): Prevention National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/prevention/prostate/patient/ 4. Prostate Cancer (PDQ): Screening National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/screening/prostate/patient/ 5. Prostate Cancer Screening: A Decision Guide National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/decisionguide/index.htm 6. Prostate Cancer Screening: A Decision Guide for Af Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/aadecisionguide/index.htm Related Issues 1. Managing Incontinence after Prostate Cancer Treatm American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/nws/content/nws_2_1x_managing_incontinence.as... 2. Non-Risk Factors: Things That Have Been Shown NOT Prostate Cancer Foundation http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/site/pp.asp?c=itIWK2OSG&b=70620 3. Vasectomy and Cancer Risk National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_26.htm Research 1. National Cooperative Study of Hereditary Prostate National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10002040 2. Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT): Questions National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/PCPTQandA 3. Prostate Cancer Research Results from the Prostate National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/PLCOProstateFactSheet 4. Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SE National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/4_20.htm 5. Some Men with Low PSAs Have Prostate Cancer National Cancer Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2004/nci-26.htm 6. Survival Rates Improve for Some Men with Prostate American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZZQ2212YD&sub_... 7. Men More Likely to Get Prostate Cancer Biopsy Foll National Cancer Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2005/nci-15.htm 8. Lycopene and Prostate Cancer Prevention Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/adult/patient/cancercenter/cancertips/lycopene.html 9. Rapid Rise in PSA May Predict Aggressive Prostate American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Rise_in_PSA_May_Predict_... 10. Brief Hormone Therapy Boosts Prostate Cancer Survi American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Brief_Hormone_Therapy_Bo... 11. Cell Growth Protein Predicts Return of Prostate Ca National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/releases/brief_030705e.html 12. Exercise May Help Men Beat Fatigue from Prostate R American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Exercise_May_Help_Men_Be... 13. Experimental Therapies Prostate Cancer Foundation http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/site/pp.asp?c=itIWK2OSG&b=47327 14. FDA Approves New Indication for Taxotere -- Prosta Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01068.html 15. First Evidence That Chemotherapy Extends Life in A National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/prostate-and-docetaxel0604 Statistics 1. Prostate Cancer Facts Prostate Cancer Foundation http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/site/pp.asp?c=itIWK2OSG&b=47423 2. FASTATS: Prostate Disease National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/prostate.htm Treatment 1. Cryoablation for Prostate Cancer American Urological Association http://www.urologyhealth.org/adult/index.cfm?cat=04&topic=42 2. Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Health Decision Guide Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/takecharge/healthdecisionguides/prostatecancer/in... 3. Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer American Urological Association http://www.urologyhealth.org/adult/index.cfm?cat=04&topic=90 4. Prostate Cancer Treatment Options American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/264.xml 5. Bilateral Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy slp 3D http://www.or-live.com/distributors/NLM/rnh.cfm?id=113 6. Prostatectomy Using the da Vinci Robotic System slp 3D http://www.or-live.com/distributors/NLM/rnh.cfm?id=136 7. Radical Prostatectomy by Robotic Surgery slp 3D http://www.or-live.com/distributors/NLM/rnh.cfm?id=100 8. 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