Understanding early localised prostate cancer
Audiobook
Published:
01 Oct 2021
Next review:
01 Oct 2024
Edition:
6
An audiobook explaining early (localised) prostate cancer, covering the causes and symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Cancer and the prostate
- 4 What is early prostate cancer
- 5 Risk factors and causes of prostate cancer
- 6 Staging and grading prostate cancer
- 7 Risk groups for early prostate cancer
- 8 Your data and the cancer registry
- 9 Treatment overview for early prostate cancer
- 10 Talking about your treatment plan and making treatment decisions
- 11 Giving your consent and seeking a second opinion
- 12 Active surveillance
- 13 Surgery for early prostate cancer
- 14 Side effects of a radical prostatectomy
- 15 Radiotherapy treatment overview for early prostate cancer
- 16 External beam radiotherapy treatment for early prostate cancer
- 17 Side effects of external beam radiotherapy
- 18 Brachytherapy treatment for early prostate cancer
- 19 Side effects of brachytherapy treatment
- 20 Hormonal therapy treatment for early prostate cancer
- 21 Other treatments for early prostate cancer
- 22 Clinical trials for prostate cancer
- 23 Follow up after treatment for early prostate cancer
- 24 Sex after treatment for early prostate cancer
- 25 Your feelings and early prostate cancer
- 26 Coping with your emotions
- 27 If you are a family member or friend
- 28 Talking to children about early prostate cancer
- 29 Financial help and benefits
- 30 Work and early prostate cancer
- 31 About our information
- 32 Other ways we can help you
- 33 Other organisations
- 34 Can you do something to help?
- 35 Further resources
- 36 Information about this recording
Published:
01 Oct 2021
Next review:
01 Oct 2024
Edition:
6
An audiobook explaining early (localised) prostate cancer, covering the causes and symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials.
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