April 2002Hormone Therapy pages revised and reorganized. Some information added. Viadur one-year implant link added.
24 November 2001
Two more pages cleaned up. Added laparoscopy to Treatments.
TREATMENTS (new links)
Links to detailed information on HDR
External beam radiation therapy
An illustrated description of a radical perineal prostatectomy
3 November 2001
Introduction for the blind and dyslexic has been integrated into the Overview.
BPH (new links)
Overview of Therapies for the treatment of BPH
HIFU: Clinical trials using high intensity focused ultrasound (illustration)
HIFU: Localized prostate cancer treatment with HIFU
Overview of thermal therapies TUMT: Transurethral microwave thermotherapy of the prostate
TUNA: Transurethral needle ablation of the prostate
TUEVP: Several articles on electrovaporization
TULIP, VLAP: Laser surgery of the prostate: A review of current options
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
Transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP)—brief
31 October 2001
A Portuguese version of the Overview is now up. So is a PDF version.
A minor revision of the overview.
25 October 2001
A revised version of the Spanish overview
A pdf version of the Spanish overview
Links have been checked on all of the pages with the new layout (maroon and black type on white).
New links have been added to these pages:
ADVANCED CANCER
The treatment of recurrent prostate cancer
Work-up and treatment of recurring prostate cancer
Chemotherapy: Coping with side effects
Chemotherapy, side effects of specific drugs
Glossary of chemotherapy terms (brief)
A brief introduction to metastatic cancer
Anemia caused by androgen deprivation
FOOD
Eating hints for cancer patients
AFTER TREATMENT
About the post-void residual test
Work-up and treatment of recurring prostate cancer
Recurrent prostate cancer: treatment and salvage
ASSESSING
16 September 2001
The long process of link-checking has begun, and many sites seem to have disappeared or been reorganized. As no one ever reports a bad link, it can be a while before these are discovered. (If you would like to report a bad link, click here.)
The overview has been revised and simplified. These sites have been added to that page:
The Legislative Process, a US Government site
Current legislation of interest to cancer survivors
Advocates Toolbox (for activists)
To volunteer to translate this site
The site map was removed and a different type set up on a separate page.
July 2001
A Spanish version of the site is starting to go up. Go to the Vistazo general
A few aesthetic changes and the repair of a few broken links. Minor changes in the text.
November 2000
Changed the Quick Links menu to a more-compact javascript form.