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This website has two levels.   The overview is the first.   Most of its links lead to a second level of the site, where each topic is discussed in more detail. There are also several hundred links to medical and educational pages that focus on specific subjects.   Sections in black type have not yet been written.

FINDING Biopsies      Undergrading Causes of cancer Description of the prostate PSA Symptoms Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) Prostatitis

ASSESSING Gleason Score Staging Statistical tables Tests       Bone Scan       Computerized axial tomography (cat scan)       Cystoscopy       Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP)       Lymph-Node Sampling       Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)       PAP       Ploidy Analysis       ProstaScint       Renal Scan       RT-PCR       Ultrasound       Urinalysis       X-ray

DECIDING Improving your chances      Creating a prostate-cancer digest      Stress and depression      Food and nutrition      Getting more opinions      Neoadjuvant hormone blockade      Telling family and friends Learning about prostate cancer       Books       Internet sources             Chat rooms             Mailing Lists             Medical Search Engines             News and newsletters             Newsgroups             Patient Histories       Support Groups Economic Assistance Insurance and HMOs

TREATING EARLY-STAGE CANCER Brachytherapy (seeds) Complementary and alternative therapies Cryotherapy (freezing) External-beam radiation Prostatectomy (surgery) Watchful waiting Treatments compared TREATING ADVANCED CANCER Chemotherapy Hormone blockade Pain control Radiotherapy Side effects Cancer research Clinical trials End-of-life issues

LIVING Counseling Food and nutrition Impotence Incontinence Monitoring Recurrence Salvage

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