• A new book on the second biggest cancer killer in the male population - 40,000 mortalities annually in the US alone
• Approximately 350,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year
• Contains vital information for all men and their partners
• Written by the leading UK authorities on this illness in collaboration with Cancer Bacup

Readership: General public. All men should be interested in this book, whether they actually suffer from prostate cancer, or just want to be aware of the risks and symptoms of this illness. Women interested in the health of their partner.

Malcolm Mason, Section of Oncology & Palliative Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales, and Leslie Moffat, Consultant in Urology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland

Preface
1: Introduction
2: Assessment of the severity and extent of prostate cancer
3: Risks and benefits of screening and radical treatment - a guide
4: Treatment and management options
5: Screening
6: Hormone therapy
7: Locally advanced disease and advanced disease
8: Alternative treatments
9: Clinical trials
10: Prostate cancer and sex
11: Questions for your doctor
12: Glossary
Sources of information
Index